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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy God Game?
God Game + Dark Fantasy
Only 9 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy 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, İblis3:Phenomena, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $98k, ×156 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 5% | $98k (exactly $98,204) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $20.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 14,449 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Dungeons 3 2017 · $11M 
Shadows of Forbidden Gods 2023 · $627k 
İblis3:Phenomena 2025 · $98k 
Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew 2021 · $73k 
Genesis of a Small God 2024 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeons 3 | older | $29.99 | 12,648 93% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,379,406) | Realmforge Studios |
| | Shadows of Forbidden Gods | older | $19.99 | 1,046 91% | 31k | $627k (exactly $627,286) | Bobby Two Hands |
| | İblis3:Phenomena | $12.99 | 252 56% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bulut ULU | |
| | Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew | older | $13.99 | 173 78% | 5.2k | $73k (exactly $72,608) | Quacky Games |
| | Genesis of a Small God | $17.99 | 61 80% | 1.8k | $33k (exactly $32,922) | Pierre Nury | |
 | Go To Hell Must | older | $5.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $26k (exactly $26,416) | Easy S Studio |
 | ManServant: Gay Visual Novel | older | $20.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $18k (exactly $18,261) | Y Press Games |
 | ALL IN ONE ADVENTURE VR | older | $5.99 | 53 69% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | SJ GAMES |
 | Divine Adventure RPG | older | $14.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Masquerade Games |
 | Black Forest | older | $9.99 | 23 34% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Lemuria |
 | Unforgettable: 4th Dimensional Bartending | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Kalann | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Cult of Abaruth | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Codename: Pierogi Studios | |
 | The Keeper's Path | $4.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Call Yourself a Lord Studios | |
 | Vanishing In The Island Halphéra | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Soghoxal | |
 | DARK DANCE | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NNIX Inc. |
 | The Black King | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Arthur Lee Schneider |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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