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Should I ship a Dystopian God Game?
God Game + Dystopian
Only 14 developers shipped a Dystopian 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, Extinction Day, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 185% on the market; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $39k (exactly $38,661) |
| Top 5% | $124k (exactly $123,538) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 185% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 1990's, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,766 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Shadows of Forbidden Gods 2023 · $627k 
[ECHOSTASIS] 2024 · $129k 
Extinction Day 2026 · $124k 
Execute 2025 · $122k 
Technotopia 2024 · $90k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shadows of Forbidden Gods | older | $19.99 | 1,046 91% | 31k | $627k (exactly $627,286) | Bobby Two Hands |
| | [ECHOSTASIS] | older | $19.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $129k (exactly $128,935) | ENIGMA STUDIO |
| | Extinction Day | $19.99 | 206 74% | 6.2k | $124k (exactly $123,538) | DryGin Studios | |
| | Execute | $5.99 | 679 91% | 20k | $122k (exactly $122,016) | Payne Robinson | |
| | Technotopia | $4.99 | 599 86% | 18k | $90k (exactly $89,670) | Yustas | |
 | Decade | $9.99 | 129 96% | 3.9k | $39k (exactly $38,661) | Last Piscean | |
 | Trump Simulator 2025 | $3.99 | 106 91% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,688) | Luke Gayson | |
 | Shadows Behind the Throne 2 | older | $7.99 | 47 76% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Bobby Two Hands |
 | Jesus Christ Simulator | · EA older | $1.99 | 184 88% | 5.5k | $11k (exactly $10,985) | Luke Gayson |
 | The Big Number | $3.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | vacp | |
 | System Ascension: Idle Core | $4.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Studio Rouleau Inc | |
 | Hi. | $0.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | The Breakfast Gentlemen | |
 | A Game About AI | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | TaleHammer | |
 | Dark Web: Vigilante | · EA | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Edgebyter_ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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