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Should I ship a Faith Action Roguelike?

Action Roguelike + Faith

Only 16 developers shipped a Faith Action Roguelike in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, 33 Immortals, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $60. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 21 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 21 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Action Roguelike + Faith
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $239 → $449 → $95k (still earning) → $49k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action Roguelike + Faith: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $95k (exactly $95,040)
Top 5% $951k (exactly $951,471)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 29
Announced 21
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue too few recent games to read momentum, supply 600% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Action Roguelike
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Faith
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Action Roguelike; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Roguelike, Roguelite
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $22.00 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $22.00 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 5,073 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $450, 1 in 4 over $95k, 1 in 20 over $950k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 21 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + RomanceStrong odds22 devs · median $6.5k · 17 announced
  2. + Creature CollectorFair39 devs · median $1.8k · 54 announced
  3. + SportsFair41 devs · median $1.6k · 39 announced
  4. + Boss RushFair20 devs · median $1.6k · 19 announced
  5. + VampiresFair55 devs · median $1.3k · 52 announced
  6. + IdlerFair44 devs · median $1.0k · 55 announced
  7. + DogsFair19 devs · median $899 · 18 announced
  8. + Precision PlatformerFair36 devs · median $629 · 38 announced
  9. + Character Action GamePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  10. + Dating SimPoor odds13 devs · median $12k · 14 announced
  11. + MechsPoor odds44 devs · median $12k · 85 announced
  12. + Visual NovelPoor odds23 devs · median $12k · 23 announced

All 205 pairs on the Action Roguelike page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cult of the Lamb 2022 · $84M 33 Immortals 2026 · $951k Touhou Dystopian 2025 · $648k Touhou Endless Dream 2021 · $409k Internet Survivor Survivors 2026 · $105k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Cult of the Lamb older $24.99 112,096 95% 3.4M $84M (exactly $84,038,371) Massive Monster
33 Immortals $14.89 2,130 72% 64k $951k (exactly $951,471) Thunder Lotus
Touhou Dystopian $9.99 2,161 97% 65k $648k (exactly $647,652) Kay Lnk
Touhou Endless Dream older $7.99 1,705 93% 51k $409k (exactly $408,688) a10a010, MyACG Studio
Internet Survivor Survivors $14.99 234 75% 7.0k $105k (exactly $105,230) ビートまりお / COOL&CREATE
Touhou Lensed Night Sky, Kaseigai $22.00 144 95% 4.3k $95k (exactly $95,040) Fire Land
Flock of the Seraphim $9.99 162 85% 4.9k $49k (exactly $48,551) GuuchanDev
东方醉游稽传~Touhou Drunken Rebellion $8.99 107 88% 3.2k $29k (exactly $28,858) 落羽社
Touhou Library Survivors older $4.99 153 88% 4.6k $23k (exactly $22,904) Alexander Taylor
Yoiyami Biscuit · EA $5.99 125 95% 3.8k $22k (exactly $22,462) tripper_room, 以絵会友(ikaikaiyuu)
Red River $2.99 5 100% 150 $449 (exactly $449) Chesser
Harvester Arno $3.99 3 66% 90 $359 (exactly $359) LAL
Kingdom's Calling: The Final Gospel $2.99 2 100% 60 $179 (exactly $179) R.L. Roberts

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.