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Should I ship a Faith Action RPG?
Action RPG + Faith
Of 20 developers who shipped a Faith Action RPG in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 33 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper, while revenue is up 645% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $8.9k (exactly $8,902) |
| Top 5% | $951k (exactly $951,471) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 up 645% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, RPG, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 4,596 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
33 Immortals 2026 · $951k 
Crimson Oath 2026 · $337k 
The Inquisitor 2024 · $332k 
Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi 2024 · $168k 
Touhou Blooming Soul 2026 · EA · $164k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 33 Immortals | $14.89 | 2,130 72% | 64k | $951k (exactly $951,471) | Thunder Lotus | |
| | Crimson Oath | $14.99 | 750 82% | 23k | $337k (exactly $337,275) | Parry Frames Team | |
| | The Inquisitor | older | $39.99 | 277 66% | 8.3k | $332k (exactly $332,317) | The Dust S.A. |
| | Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi | $7.99 | 701 91% | 21k | $168k (exactly $168,030) | ZRIGN 地霊研究院 | |
| | Touhou Blooming Soul | · EA | $5.99 | 911 96% | 27k | $164k (exactly $163,707) | 二色幽紫蝶 |
 | Touhou: New World | older | $19.99 | 261 78% | 7.8k | $157k (exactly $156,522) | Ankake Spa |
 | Touhou Mechanical Scrollery | 幻想討幻経 | older | $19.99 | 243 53% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | 巫女さん作法 |
 | Islands of the Caliph | older | $9.99 | 272 88% | 8.2k | $82k (exactly $81,518) | Schmidt Workshops |
 | FIVE: Guardians of David | older | $9.99 | 113 72% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,866) | Kingdom Games |
 | Touhou Library Survivors | older | $4.99 | 153 88% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | Alexander Taylor |
 | Butterfly Dream | $10.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $8.9k (exactly $8,902) | LiberFish | |
 | Touhou: Blossom Blade | $5.99 | 47 91% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Ankake Spa | |
 | Where Are You? | $13.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Three Crosses Projects - Jannik Pachal | |
 | Pocket Oracle | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | wanme times | |
 | Valor & Blade | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | TechGladiator | |
 | Harvester Arno | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LAL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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