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Should I ship a Faith Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Faith
Of 25 developers who shipped a Faith Walking Simulator 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.. 28 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $5.0k, ×11 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 28 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $716 (exactly $716) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 5% | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.50 |
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 80% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Exploration
- Price point
- $3.50 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $3.50.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 467 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + WarFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + MusicFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
That Dragon, Cancer 2016 · $410k 
SUFFOCATE 2025 · $139k 
Umbral 2024 · $5.4k 
7 Days Shrine 2025 · $5.0k 
Queen of Seas 2017 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | That Dragon, Cancer | older | $9.99 | 1,369 89% | 41k | $410k (exactly $410,289) | Numinous Games |
| | SUFFOCATE | $16.99 | 272 83% | 8.2k | $139k (exactly $138,638) | Naughty Cow | |
| | Umbral | older | $9.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Walter O. M. Junior |
| | 7 Days Shrine | $3.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | Na2Ka | |
| | Queen of Seas | older | $0.99 | 145 80% | 4.4k | $4.3k (exactly $4,306) | KomBits Game Studio |
 | YaeiJinja | $3.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Kikka | |
 | Welcome to PINEHILLS | older | $4.99 | 21 38% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | SPLR Studio |
 | The Shadow Over Route 80 | older | $1.99 | 51 92% | 1.5k | $3.0k (exactly $3,045) | the ito project |
 | Food Delivery Service | older | $2.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
 | Heritage | $2.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) | Karayolu Games | |
 | Lost Verses | $4.99 | 13 38% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Behrmann Studios | |
 | SCULPTURE | $3.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | sasanuki | |
 | RealityIQ | الواقع | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | kajol | |
 | Testimonium | $0.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,218) | Andrii Sotnyk | |
 | No Path Forward | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | keyboard | |
 | Penance | $2.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | Scriptorium Artis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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