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Should I ship a Character Customization God Game?

Character Customization + God Game

Only 18 developers shipped a Character Customization God Game 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, Strange Seed, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 45 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×309 the market median. Revenue is up 4575% on the market; 45 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 4575% on the market, 45 announced, ×3.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + God Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 18
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.7k → $598 → $359 → $18k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + God Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 18
Bottom 30% $356 (exactly $356)
Median $839 (exactly $839)
Top 25% $23k (exactly $23,002)
Top 5% $194k (exactly $193,821)
Developers, 2 yr 18
Released games 55
Announced 45
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 4575% on the market, supply 160% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, 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.

Character Customization
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
God Game
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Character Customization, God Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Action, Choices Matter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cartoony, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,751 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $840, 1 in 4 over $23k, 1 in 20 over $190k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds14 devs · median $3.6k · 12 announced
  2. + Real-TimeStrong odds7 devs · median $2.0k · 6 announced
  3. + Music-Based Procedural GenerationFair10 devs · median $18k · 8 announced
  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
  6. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $3.2k · 13 announced
  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  8. + IdlerFair210 devs · median $1.2k · 286 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair146 devs · median $1.2k · 190 announced
  10. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $836 · 32 announced
  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SPORE™ Galactic Adventures 2009 · $4.3M MMORPG Tycoon 2 2020 · EA · $2.2M SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack 2008 · $1.2M Godhood 2020 · $785k Marble World 2022 · $760k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SPORE™ Galactic Adventures older $19.99 7,249 89% 217k $4.3M (exactly $4,347,225) EA - Maxis
MMORPG Tycoon 2 · EA older $24.99 2,977 86% 89k $2.2M (exactly $2,231,857) VectorStorm Pty Ltd
SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack older $19.99 2,053 89% 62k $1.2M (exactly $1,231,184) Maxis™
Godhood older $26.99 970 70% 29k $785k (exactly $785,409) Abbey Games
Marble World older $19.99 1,268 89% 38k $760k (exactly $760,420) Vector Interactive
Love Tavern older $11.99 778 73% 23k $280k (exactly $279,847) Secret Labo
Spectral Scream older $9.99 654 78% 20k $196k (exactly $196,004) STOIC Ent.
Strange Seed $14.99 431 86% 13k $194k (exactly $193,821) Chronicle Games Ltd
Creature Crafter older $7.99 745 86% 22k $179k (exactly $178,576) Daniel Lochner
Sinner Maker · EA $9.66 545 91% 16k $158k (exactly $157,941) Pantokrator
Mutant Football League 2 $24.99 135 73% 4.1k $101k (exactly $101,210) Digital Dreams Entertainment
吾皇万岁 $4.99 422 68% 13k $63k (exactly $63,173) AI GAME STUDIO
Desktop Fishes $5.99 128 82% 3.8k $23k (exactly $23,002) Daniel Santalla
Governance · EA $17.99 33 66% 990 $18k (exactly $17,810) Governance Studios
Creature Creation Station $11.99 26 100% 780 $9.4k (exactly $9,352) Xenon Fossil Games
The Organized Capy God $4.99 8 87% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) Fuz Games
Idle RPG $6.99 4 25% 120 $839 (exactly $839) Repeat Games
Hi. $0.99 19 100% 570 $564 (exactly $564) The Breakfast Gentlemen

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