Should I ship a Faith PvE game?
PvE + Faith
Only 15 developers shipped a Faith PvE 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, 33 Immortals, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $59, ×0.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $59 (exactly $59) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) |
| Top 5% | $951k (exactly $951,471) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- PvE
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 73% positive over 2,338 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
PvE with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + IdlerFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + TypingFair
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + HeistPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + NavalPoor odds
- + SpaceshipsPoor odds
- + MarsPoor odds
Comparable games
33 Immortals 2026 · $951k 
TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX 2020 · $120k 
Religion inc. 2025 · $19k 
Clash II 2024 · $13k 
Touhou: Blossom Blade 2026 · $8.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 33 Immortals | $14.89 | 2,130 72% | 64k | $951k (exactly $951,471) | Thunder Lotus | |
| | TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX | older | $19.99 | 200 86% | 6.0k | $120k (exactly $119,940) | AREAZERO |
| | Religion inc. | $4.99 | 128 72% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | GameFirst | |
| | Clash II | older | $4.99 | 88 69% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $13,174) | Prime Bit Games SA |
| | Touhou: Blossom Blade | $5.99 | 47 91% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Ankake Spa | |
 | The Bible - Exodus | older | $6.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $5.2k (exactly $5,242) | Paulo Robson Allonso |
 | 連縁无現里 ~ Misremembered Memories | older | $4.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Mugenri |
 | 社稷终于幻想 ~ A Finality with Sheji | · EA older | $4.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Bawu Team |
 | Escape Purgatory | · EA older | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | JamBit Games |
 | Touhou MONEY STOCKS SHOPS | · EA older | $4.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | ikasumiyaki |
 | Espirito Delusion | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Aura, Flafo | |
 | Red Tower | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Dream4team | |
 | Red River | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Chesser | |
 | CrowHallow | · EA | $0.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Saphead Studios |
 | 東方エターナルフロンティア(TouhouEternalFrontier) | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | 9nahitoproject | |
 | wozitdev's 3D Reaper | $6.66 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | wozitdev | |
 | Knight of Justice | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | StarFlow Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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