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Should I ship a Demon God Game?
God Game + Demons
Only 7 developers shipped a Demon 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.. 18 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $98k, ×156 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,331) |
| Top 5% | $98k (exactly $98,204) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 500% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 2,731 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
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- + DystopianFair
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- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
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Comparable games
Hell Architect 2021 · $267k 
iBLiS 2021 · $206k 
Spectral Scream 2024 · $196k 
Exodus Borealis 2021 · $146k 
İblis3:Phenomena 2025 · $98k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hell Architect | older | $24.99 | 356 65% | 11k | $267k (exactly $266,893) | Woodland Games |
| | iBLiS | older | $9.99 | 687 41% | 21k | $206k (exactly $205,894) | Bulut ULU |
| | Spectral Scream | older | $9.99 | 654 78% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | STOIC Ent. |
| | Exodus Borealis | older | $19.99 | 243 91% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Smug Marmot Studios |
| | İblis3:Phenomena | $12.99 | 252 56% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bulut ULU | |
 | Last Light | older | $15.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $77k (exactly $77,232) | Team Corn Field |
 | My Infamous Dungeon | $14.99 | 63 76% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | BoxFox Studios | |
 | Chaperone | older | $5.99 | 78 64% | 2.3k | $14k (exactly $14,017) | Bulut ULU |
 | Jesus Christ Simulator | · EA older | $1.99 | 184 88% | 5.5k | $11k (exactly $10,985) | Luke Gayson |
 | Holy Shot | $5.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | LoneWolf Digital Arts | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Monster And Continent | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | lupengzhan | |
 | Libera Nos a Malo | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Necronomicon Games | |
 | Hades Hinderance | $10.50 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tony Irvine |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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