Should I ship a God Game FPS?
FPS + God Game
Only 5 developers shipped a God Game FPS 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, Trump Simulator 2025, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $1.5k. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,688) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, God Game
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 10,722 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Dating SimFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + FaithFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RunnerLong shot
- + Action RTSLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + DogsLong shot
Comparable games
Megaton Rainfall 2017 · $1.0M 
iBLiS 2021 · $206k 
Bean Battles 2018 · $201k 
[ECHOSTASIS] 2024 · $129k 
Warbox Sandbox 2022 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Megaton Rainfall | older | $15.99 | 2,155 71% | 65k | $1.0M (exactly $1,033,754) | Pentadimensional Games, SL |
| | iBLiS | older | $9.99 | 687 41% | 21k | $206k (exactly $205,894) | Bulut ULU |
| | Bean Battles | older | $0.99 | 6,783 94% | 203k | $201k (exactly $201,455) | Gupa Games |
| | [ECHOSTASIS] | older | $19.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $129k (exactly $128,935) | ENIGMA STUDIO |
| | Warbox Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 279 78% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,506) | Madar Games |
 | Tentacular | older | $19.99 | 69 92% | 2.1k | $41k (exactly $41,379) | Firepunchd Games UG |
 | Our world has not decayed | older | $1.99 | 373 85% | 11k | $22k (exactly $22,268) | lamb of game |
 | Trump Simulator 2025 | $3.99 | 106 91% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,688) | Luke Gayson | |
 | FortressCraft : Chapter 1 | older | $9.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | ProjectorGames |
 | Metal Gunner | older | $9.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | KIMYS STUDIO |
 | Balls Crush Simulator | $2.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | BEST SIMULATORS CORP | |
 | Dark Web: Vigilante | · EA | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Edgebyter_ |
 | Epoch Makers | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Anomalybyte Studio, Sunset Disco | |
 | Hades Hinderance | $10.50 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tony Irvine |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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