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Interactive Fiction + Faith
Of 26 developers who shipped a Faith Interactive Fiction in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 52 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×3.4 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×237 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 52 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $267 (exactly $267) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 25% | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $112,425) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 52 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Interactive Fiction
- effort 1 / 10 · high · prose plus a state machine
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Interactive Fiction; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,513 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 52 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Interactive Fiction with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
I Am Jesus Christ 2026 · $891k 
The Bible 2022 · $144k 
Eden's Ritter - Paladins of Ecstasy 2020 · $124k 
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn 2026 · $112k 
Daemonologie 2024 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I Am Jesus Christ | $19.99 | 1,486 87% | 45k | $891k (exactly $891,154) | Space Boat Studios | |
| | The Bible | older | $4.99 | 965 87% | 29k | $144k (exactly $144,460) | Bible Games |
| | Eden's Ritter - Paladins of Ecstasy | older | $29.99 | 138 84% | 4.1k | $124k (exactly $124,159) | Waffle |
| | Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn | $14.99 | 250 92% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games) | |
| | Daemonologie | $2.99 | 561 92% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,322) | Katanalevy | |
 | Eden's Ritter 1:2 - Priestess of Pleasure | older | $19.99 | 56 89% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | Waffle |
 | Reimu Needs Help!? Aunn-chan to the Rescue! | older | $6.99 | 157 96% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,923) | ISY |
 | 貢がせろ！女苑ちゃん！！ | older | $6.99 | 125 92% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,212) | ISY |
 | Nursing Back to Pleasure | $9.99 | 66 78% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $19,780) | Daniels K. | |
 | Sainthood | $9.99 | 50 94% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Sainthood Project | |
 | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
 | Luce Spenta | $8.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) | MrFaabry | |
 | Memory of Lust | $7.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Desire Forger | |
 | The Brothers Karamazov | $8.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $3.8k (exactly $3,776) | Daniling | |
 | 許願ReadyGo! | $6.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | 第一點心 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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