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Choices Matter + Faith
Of 32 developers who shipped a Faith Choices Matter game 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.. 62 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×271 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 62 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,985) |
| Top 5% | $129k (exactly $128,614) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 66 |
| Announced | 62 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 115% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choices Matter; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, RPG, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Cute, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,011 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 62 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choices Matter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Escape RoomFair
- + SportsFair
- + RhythmFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Board GameFair
- + RacingFair
- + ChessFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + RomePoor odds
- + World War IPoor odds
Comparable games
Leap of Faith 2022 · $761k 
The Inquisitor 2024 · $332k 
Sinner Maker 2026 · EA · $158k 
The Mildew Children 2024 · $137k 
Marisa of Liartop Mountain 2025 · $129k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Leap of Faith | older | $10.99 | 2,308 96% | 69k | $761k (exactly $760,948) | DriftyGames |
| | The Inquisitor | older | $39.99 | 277 66% | 8.3k | $332k (exactly $332,317) | The Dust S.A. |
| | Sinner Maker | · EA | $9.66 | 545 91% | 16k | $158k (exactly $157,941) | Pantokrator |
| | The Mildew Children | older | $9.99 | 458 92% | 14k | $137k (exactly $137,263) | The Growing Stones |
| | Marisa of Liartop Mountain | $14.99 | 286 84% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $128,614) | Alliance Arts, UnknownX | |
 | Islands of the Caliph | older | $9.99 | 272 88% | 8.2k | $82k (exactly $81,518) | Schmidt Workshops |
 | Sisters in Sin 🔞 | $14.99 | 165 75% | 5.0k | $74k (exactly $74,200) | Lewd Star | |
 | Holy Whore Emily | $11.99 | 182 75% | 5.5k | $65k (exactly $65,465) | Asami | |
 | Re-Legion | older | $9.99 | 200 62% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ice Code Games |
 | Daemonologie | $2.99 | 561 92% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,322) | Katanalevy | |
 | Besmirch | · EA | $9.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Gangru Games |
 | Nursing Back to Pleasure | $9.99 | 66 78% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $19,780) | Daniels K. | |
 | Sainthood | $9.99 | 50 94% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Sainthood Project | |
 | The people of Sea, Sun & Salt | $9.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Emerick Gibson | |
 | Miss Peacock | $9.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Otter Club |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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