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Should I ship a Mythological God Game?
God Game + Mythology
Only 16 developers shipped a Mythological 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, Microcivilization, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $770k, ×1235 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 25% | $107k (exactly $106,693) |
| Top 5% | $776k (exactly $775,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 3,757 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021 · EA · $31M 
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension 2013 · $1.2M 
Microcivilization 2026 · $776k 
Stonemachia 2026 · $746k 
Deisim 2022 · $393k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WorldBox - God Simulator | · EA older | $19.99 | 51,071 95% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,627,279) | Maxim Karpenko |
| | Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension | older | $34.99 | 1,124 89% | 34k | $1.2M (exactly $1,179,863) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | Microcivilization | $17.99 | 1,437 78% | 43k | $776k (exactly $775,549) | Ondrej Homola | |
| | Stonemachia | $19.99 | 1,244 95% | 37k | $746k (exactly $746,027) | Crossfall Games | |
| | Deisim | older | $14.99 | 873 93% | 26k | $393k (exactly $392,588) | Myron Games |
 | Exodus Borealis | older | $19.99 | 243 91% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Smug Marmot Studios |
 | Pandora's Toybox | $9.99 | 372 83% | 11k | $111k (exactly $111,488) | BetaLab | |
 | The Eastern Sacrifice | $9.99 | 356 55% | 11k | $107k (exactly $106,693) | 五条虾仁(5 shrimps) | |
 | These Doomed Isles | $14.99 | 180 66% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | Triplevision Games Limited | |
 | Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew | older | $13.99 | 173 78% | 5.2k | $73k (exactly $72,608) | Quacky Games |
 | Goblin Camp | $19.99 | 118 76% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | Korppi Games Ltd | |
 | Creo God Simulator | $9.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | MKSM Design LLC | |
 | Lone Hero Path | $5.99 | 10 40% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Yamate | |
 | me Igigu | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | ItsAllAGame | |
 | Spiritual Clinic Simulator | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ling Chen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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