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Should I ship a Female-Led God Game?
God Game + Female Protagonist
Only 9 developers shipped a Female-Led God 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, FALL, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $840 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 80% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,341 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Dungeons 3 2017 · $11M 
Make Her Cum 2023 · $84k 
Last Light 2021 · $77k 
FALL 2024 · $23k 
The Divine Deception 2021 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeons 3 | older | $29.99 | 12,648 93% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,379,406) | Realmforge Studios |
| | Make Her Cum | older | $14.99 | 186 65% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $83,644) | DreamBig Games, Lemonhaze Studio |
| | Last Light | older | $15.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $77k (exactly $77,232) | Team Corn Field |
| | FALL | $4.99 | 153 88% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | 谭浩翔 | |
| | The Divine Deception | older | $14.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Themisian |
 | Quench | older | $19.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Axon Interactive Inc. |
 | Reyher Austerich's Garden worlds Adventure | $4.99 | 60 90% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | MegaDragonGirls Project | |
 | Wildlife Camp | older | $6.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $8.2k (exactly $8,178) | b-alive gmbh |
 | Battle royale simulator | older | $9.99 | 27 44% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | WhackAKey Games |
 | The Dunkers | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | UO 5 rusa | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Nano Flat Owner | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Vision Party | |
 | Hi. | $0.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | The Breakfast Gentlemen | |
 | Come Pray | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | YUGO EYRA | |
 | Nuclear Lizard Island Rampage | $2.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Andrew Connelly | |
 | Aarotonia Rising | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mishka Infinity |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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