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Should I ship a Faith Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Choose Your Own Adventure + Faith
Only 14 developers shipped a Faith Choose Your Own Adventure 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, Marisa of Liartop Mountain, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×271 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) |
| Top 5% | $129k (exactly $128,614) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 60% on the market, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, RPG, Simulation
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 662 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + FMVFair
- + FlightFair
- + SportsFair
- + Word GameFair
- + MilitaryFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + 3D FighterLong shot
- + NavalPoor odds
Comparable games
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi) 2022 · $655k 
Working Sakuya 2024 · $161k 
The Bible 2022 · $144k 
Marisa of Liartop Mountain 2025 · $129k 
Sisters in Sin 🔞 2026 · $74k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi) | older | $24.98 | 874 95% | 26k | $655k (exactly $654,976) | Fragaria |
| | Working Sakuya | older | $6.99 | 768 96% | 23k | $161k (exactly $161,050) | ぬるぬる坊主 |
| | The Bible | older | $4.99 | 965 87% | 29k | $144k (exactly $144,460) | Bible Games |
| | Marisa of Liartop Mountain | $14.99 | 286 84% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $128,614) | Alliance Arts, UnknownX | |
| | Sisters in Sin 🔞 | $14.99 | 165 75% | 5.0k | $74k (exactly $74,200) | Lewd Star | |
 | Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri | older | $59.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $58k (exactly $57,590) | dramatic create |
 | Re;quartz零度 | older | $34.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $37k (exactly $36,740) | B-cluster |
 | The Tales of Bayun | older | $6.99 | 164 74% | 4.9k | $34k (exactly $34,391) | FlyinDogs |
 | Reimu Needs Help!? Aunn-chan to the Rescue! | older | $6.99 | 157 96% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,923) | ISY |
 | Kowloon High-School Chronicle | older | $19.99 | 51 90% | 1.5k | $31k (exactly $30,585) | TOYBOX |
 | Religion inc. | $4.99 | 128 72% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | GameFirst | |
 | Cult Leader Simulator | $17.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Nhneno | |
 | Luce Spenta | $8.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) | MrFaabry | |
 | Funeral of Paradise - BL (Boys Love) | $7.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | nonstopbl | |
 | Doctrine: C.U.L.T. | $4.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Miracles on a Stick | |
 | Summer Reunion | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | オルトバミューダ | |
 | The Secret Of Greenwood Isle | $10.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | Sayne | |
 | KUZGUN | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | DAM Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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