Should I ship a Faith Logic game?
Logic + Faith
Only 11 developers shipped a Faith Logic 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, Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn, 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, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×237 the market median. Revenue is up 760% on the market; 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,371) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $112,425) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 760% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Logic
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 86% positive over 578 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gensokyo:Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn | $14.99 | 250 92% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games) | |
| | Keine's Expanding Class! | $5.99 | 143 99% | 4.3k | $26k (exactly $25,697) | HornyMelon | |
| | 东方裁判梦~Rookie Attorney Legendry | $4.99 | 96 63% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,371) | YEARS | |
| | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
| | Plum Blossom Divination | older | $4.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | CSTG-小光 |
| | Altero | older | $6.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Sergio Schiavo |
| | The Noble Quran | $2.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Quran on Steam | |
| | The Holy City | older | $19.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Holy City VR, Nimrod Shanit, Sean Thoma… (Holy City VR, Nimrod Shanit, Sean Thomas Evans) |
| | Escape Purgatory | · EA older | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | JamBit Games |
| | Fear of the Dark | older | $6.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | UltramarineGames |
| | Screwball | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Scott Tipton | |
| | Esau's World | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | The Good Trash | |
| | Skye's Repose | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Jimlad |
| | Tone | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Realentlessly Hopeful, LLC | |
| | Dimensional Shift Awakening | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Vincent Santos Valdez |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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