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Hack and Slash + Faith
Only 7 developers shipped a Faith Hack and Slash 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, Touhou Dystopian, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.4k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $640k, ×1031 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) |
| Top 25% | $337k (exactly $337,275) |
| Top 5% | $648k (exactly $647,652) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hack and Slash
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Hack and Slash
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 6,493 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hack and Slash with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Turn-BasedStrong odds
- + Turn-Based CombatStrong odds
- + VampiresFair
- + ModernFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + RomancePoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo 2018 · $997k 
Touhou Dystopian 2025 · $648k 
Crimson Oath 2026 · $337k 
東方幻想魔録W ～ The Devil of Decline 2024 · $44k 
FIVE: Guardians of David 2015 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo | older | $10.99 | 3,023 83% | 91k | $997k (exactly $996,683) | MyACG Studio |
| | Touhou Dystopian | $9.99 | 2,161 97% | 65k | $648k (exactly $647,652) | Kay Lnk | |
| | Crimson Oath | $14.99 | 750 82% | 23k | $337k (exactly $337,275) | Parry Frames Team | |
| | 東方幻想魔録W ～ The Devil of Decline | older | $29.99 | 49 89% | 1.5k | $44k (exactly $44,085) | ハチクマソフト |
| | FIVE: Guardians of David | older | $9.99 | 113 72% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,866) | Kingdom Games |
 | KAMIKO | older | $4.99 | 212 83% | 6.4k | $32k (exactly $31,736) | SKIPMORE, ESQUADRA,inc., Kan.Kikuchi |
 | Besmirch | · EA | $9.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Gangru Games |
 | SKULL CHAINZ | older | $9.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Chaoclypse |
 | Touhou: Blossom Blade | $5.99 | 47 91% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Ankake Spa | |
 | Touhou 3D Dungeon | older | $8.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) | Rabbit Tail Works |
 | Red River | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Chesser | |
 | Kingdom's Calling: The Final Gospel | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | R.L. Roberts | |
 | CrowHallow | · EA | $0.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Saphead Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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