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Should I ship a Faith God Game?
God Game + Faith
Only 12 developers shipped a Faith 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, I Am Jesus Christ, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.5k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $890k, ×1419 the market median. Revenue is up 2700% on the market; 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,162) |
| Top 5% | $891k (exactly $891,154) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 2700% on the market, supply 30% fewer 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,404 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 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
Honey, I Joined a Cult 2022 · $1.1M 
I Am Jesus Christ 2026 · $891k 
Sinner Maker 2026 · EA · $158k 
Religion inc. 2025 · $19k 
Chaperone 2023 · $14k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Honey, I Joined a Cult | older | $25.99 | 1,380 73% | 41k | $1.1M (exactly $1,075,986) | Sole Survivor Games |
| | I Am Jesus Christ | $19.99 | 1,486 87% | 45k | $891k (exactly $891,154) | Space Boat Studios | |
| | Sinner Maker | · EA | $9.66 | 545 91% | 16k | $158k (exactly $157,941) | Pantokrator |
| | Religion inc. | $4.99 | 128 72% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | GameFirst | |
| | Chaperone | older | $5.99 | 78 64% | 2.3k | $14k (exactly $14,017) | Bulut ULU |
 | Church Simulator | $3.99 | 99 78% | 3.0k | $12k (exactly $11,850) | EY GAMES | |
 | The Savior's Gang | older | $12.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Catness Game Studios |
 | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
 | Let It Consume | $4.99 | 57 73% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Ibon Studios | |
 | HOLY QURAN VR EXPERİENCE | older | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Srio VR Studio |
 | The Noble Quran | $2.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Quran on Steam | |
 | SHWA[ʃwɑ:] | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | SECHAN BARAM | |
 | Come Pray | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | YUGO EYRA | |
 | Harvester Arno | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LAL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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