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Should I ship an Interactive Fiction God Game?
God Game + Interactive Fiction
Only 10 developers shipped an Interactive Fiction 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, I Am Jesus Christ, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $890k, ×1419 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 25% | $39k (exactly $38,661) |
| Top 5% | $891k (exactly $891,154) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 down 35% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Interactive Fiction
- effort 1 / 10 · high · prose plus a state machine
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Interactive Fiction
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 85% positive over 2,301 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
I Am Jesus Christ 2026 · $891k 
Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth 2021 · $697k 
The Fermi Paradox 2021 · EA · $545k 
Inquisitor’s Heart and Soul 2025 · $247k 
iBLiS 2021 · $206k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I Am Jesus Christ | $19.99 | 1,486 87% | 45k | $891k (exactly $891,154) | Space Boat Studios | |
| | Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth | older | $22.99 | 1,011 86% | 30k | $697k (exactly $697,287) | INDICAVA INTERACTIVE |
| | The Fermi Paradox | · EA older | $18.99 | 956 76% | 29k | $545k (exactly $544,633) | Anomaly Games |
| | Inquisitor’s Heart and Soul | $12.99 | 635 80% | 19k | $247k (exactly $247,460) | Whale Rock Games | |
| | iBLiS | older | $9.99 | 687 41% | 21k | $206k (exactly $205,894) | Bulut ULU |
 | The Confession | older | $1.99 | 990 94% | 30k | $59k (exactly $59,103) | Randumb Studios |
 | EarthRoyale | older | $7.99 | 170 85% | 5.1k | $41k (exactly $40,749) | Lizzycat / Lizabeth Gidlund |
 | Decade | $9.99 | 129 96% | 3.9k | $39k (exactly $38,661) | Last Piscean | |
 | The Divine Deception | older | $14.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Themisian |
 | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
 | Unforgettable: 4th Dimensional Bartending | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Kalann | |
 | IDLE PET UFO | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | 電脳鈴木組 | |
 | 9 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS TO HEAVEN | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Fake Carbonara | |
 | Come Pray | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | YUGO EYRA | |
 | Windows Separate Worlds: Chapter 1 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Raxverse | |
 | Pointer Manual | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 川月瑰奇 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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