Should I ship a Faith PvP game?
PvP + Faith
Only 7 developers shipped a paid Faith PvP 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, Valkyrie of Phantasm, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.1k against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,100) |
| Top 25% | $114k (exactly $114,417) |
| Top 5% | $500k (exactly $500,233) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.00 |
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 100% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 40%, 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
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP
- Price point
- $10.00 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,962 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
PvP with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Valkyrie of Phantasm 2024 · $500k 
GENSOU Skydrift 2019 · $404k 
AutoChess of Gensokyo 2021 · EA · $170k 
TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX 2020 · $120k 
TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG 2024 · $114k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Valkyrie of Phantasm | $29.99 | 556 86% | 17k | $500k (exactly $500,233) | AREAZERO | |
| | GENSOU Skydrift | older | $23.99 | 561 88% | 17k | $404k (exactly $403,752) | illuCalab |
| | AutoChess of Gensokyo | · EA older | $15.99 | 355 67% | 11k | $170k (exactly $170,294) | MyACG Studio |
| | TOUHOU SKY ARENA MATSURI CLIMAX | older | $19.99 | 200 86% | 6.0k | $120k (exactly $119,940) | AREAZERO |
| | TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG | $34.99 | 109 46% | 3.3k | $114k (exactly $114,417) | D.N.A. Softwares | |
 | Touhou DollDraft | older | $14.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | milliondoubts |
 | Clash II | older | $4.99 | 88 69% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $13,174) | Prime Bit Games SA |
 | Dreamy Duels ~ Tales of Heroes in Gensoukyo | · EA older | $7.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | IGensoukyo |
 | zoku sonohigurashi vs touhou universe 2 | older | $9.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | 青春18金魚 |
 | GensouKoroKoro | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | mitiroom | |
 | 2Deez | $10.00 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,100) | Kris Dabrowski | |
 | Towers Saga | $12.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | Wise Up Games | |
 | HillbillyHellfire | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Slagathor Studios | |
 | Dragon and Phoenix | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | pengjianNiu |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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