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Should I ship a Magic God Game?
God Game + Magic
Only 17 developers shipped a Magic 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, Masters of Albion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $450k, ×725 the market median. Revenue is up 4575% on the market; 46 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) |
| Top 5% | $455k (exactly $455,068) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 4575% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Simulation, Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 1,690 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different setting or mood, 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
Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith 2017 · $2.3M 
From Dust 2011 · $1.3M 
Masters of Albion 2026 · EA · $455k 
Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife 2024 · $234k 
Vade Retro : Exorcist 2022 · $193k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith | older | $39.99 | 1,924 94% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,223) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | From Dust | older | $14.99 | 2,803 67% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,260,509) | Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | Masters of Albion | · EA | $24.99 | 607 64% | 18k | $455k (exactly $455,068) | 22cans |
| | Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife | older | $19.99 | 391 88% | 12k | $234k (exactly $234,483) | inDirection Games |
| | Vade Retro : Exorcist | older | $6.99 | 921 70% | 28k | $193k (exactly $193,134) | Forceight |
 | Hearthlands | older | $15.99 | 306 82% | 9.2k | $147k (exactly $146,788) | Four White Cats |
 | Pandora's Toybox | $9.99 | 372 83% | 11k | $111k (exactly $111,488) | BetaLab | |
 | Loafing Town | $6.99 | 531 85% | 16k | $111k (exactly $111,351) | GoblinZz | |
 | Dwelvers | older | $14.99 | 237 64% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $106,579) | Rasmus Ljunggren |
 | Firelight Fantasy: Resistance | older | $11.99 | 165 77% | 5.0k | $59k (exactly $59,350) | Quacky Games |
 | The Fool's Apprentice | $16.99 | 42 52% | 1.3k | $21k (exactly $21,407) | The Planar Danse | |
 | Jesus Simulator | $12.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS | |
 | Karma Keepers | $4.99 | 52 69% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | yonazdev | |
 | Teleport Master | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | SinPoDo | |
 | Fungal Colony Sim 2 | $7.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Isekai x Isekai | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Bubbles | |
 | Alchemy Laboratory: Simulator | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Afk Pixel Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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