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Should I ship a Faith Life Sim?
Life Sim + Faith
Only 11 developers shipped a Faith Life 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, 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.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.4k, ×20 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 1315% on the market; 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) |
| Top 25% | $111k (exactly $110,889) |
| Top 5% | $891k (exactly $891,154) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 1315% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,764 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + MusicStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
Comparable games
I Am Jesus Christ 2026 · $891k 
Sinner Maker 2026 · EA · $158k 
The Unholy Priest 2025 · $111k 
Sisters in Sin 🔞 2026 · $74k 
Herbals tycoon 2025 · EA · $37k | 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 | |
| | Sinner Maker | · EA | $9.66 | 545 91% | 16k | $158k (exactly $157,941) | Pantokrator |
| | The Unholy Priest | $9.99 | 370 72% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,889) | Grejuva | |
| | Sisters in Sin 🔞 | $14.99 | 165 75% | 5.0k | $74k (exactly $74,200) | Lewd Star | |
| | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper Studio |
 | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
 | HOLY QURAN VR EXPERİENCE | older | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Srio VR Studio |
 | Plum Blossom Divination | older | $4.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | CSTG-小光 |
 | Kevin(1997-2077) | older | $4.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Kevin Du |
 | Fallen from the sky | older | $9.99 | 10 40% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | PancakeGames |
 | 卜卦 / Divination | $0.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,188) | Honglizi | |
 | Skye's Repose | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Jimlad |
 | LuckyCat | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | TanE Games | |
 | Gassal Simulator | · EA | $0.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Harun Selçuk Çetin, Yakup Ekinci |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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