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Should I ship a Faith Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Faith
Only 17 developers shipped a Faith Immersive Sim 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, SUFFOCATE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 50% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $139k (exactly $138,638) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 858 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Leap of Faith 2022 · $761k 
SUFFOCATE 2025 · $139k 
The Unholy Priest 2025 · $111k 
Church Simulator 2025 · $12k 
The You Testament: The 2D Coming 2023 · $9.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Leap of Faith | older | $10.99 | 2,308 96% | 69k | $761k (exactly $760,948) | DriftyGames |
| | SUFFOCATE | $16.99 | 272 83% | 8.2k | $139k (exactly $138,638) | Naughty Cow | |
| | The Unholy Priest | $9.99 | 370 72% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,889) | Grejuva | |
| | Church Simulator | $3.99 | 99 78% | 3.0k | $12k (exactly $11,850) | EY GAMES | |
| | The You Testament: The 2D Coming | older | $2.99 | 103 90% | 3.1k | $9.2k (exactly $9,239) | MDickie |
 | Plum Blossom Divination | older | $4.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | CSTG-小光 |
 | 7 Days Shrine | $3.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | Na2Ka | |
 | The Heresy of Gibur | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Paper-Dolls-Game-studio, Towndarktales | |
 | YaeiJinja | $3.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Kikka | |
 | 宽恕我（Show me mercy） | $6.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Evelita Studio | |
 | Pocket Oracle | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | wanme times | |
 | Sense of Darkness | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Iurii Coseacov | |
 | The Lost Sheep | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Joan Sabé Martínez |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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