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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror God Game?
God Game + Psychological Horror
Only 10 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, Deck of Haunts, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.8 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 $4.9k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) |
| Top 25% | $98k (exactly $98,204) |
| Top 5% | $723k (exactly $723,238) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 5580% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Psychological Horror
- 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
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,335 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 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
Everything 2017 · $1.4M 
Deck of Haunts 2025 · $723k 
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution 2018 · EA · $582k 
iBLiS 2021 · $206k 
Spectral Scream 2024 · $196k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everything | older | $14.99 | 3,189 83% | 96k | $1.4M (exactly $1,434,093) | David OReilly |
| | Deck of Haunts | $19.99 | 1,206 84% | 36k | $723k (exactly $723,238) | Mantis | |
| | Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution | · EA older | $19.99 | 971 73% | 29k | $582k (exactly $582,309) | Quasar |
| | iBLiS | older | $9.99 | 687 41% | 21k | $206k (exactly $205,894) | Bulut ULU |
| | Spectral Scream | older | $9.99 | 654 78% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | STOIC Ent. |
 | Ultimate Arena | older | $7.99 | 811 83% | 24k | $194k (exactly $194,397) | Triverske |
 | Vade Retro : Exorcist | older | $6.99 | 921 70% | 28k | $193k (exactly $193,134) | Forceight |
 | [ECHOSTASIS] | older | $19.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $129k (exactly $128,935) | ENIGMA STUDIO |
 | Execute | $5.99 | 679 91% | 20k | $122k (exactly $122,016) | Payne Robinson | |
 | Rock Simulator | older | $1.99 | 1,646 94% | 49k | $98k (exactly $98,266) | vinoo |
 | İblis3:Phenomena | $12.99 | 252 56% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bulut ULU | |
 | Sacrifice | $6.99 | 61 85% | 1.8k | $13k (exactly $12,792) | Basue no okiya | |
 | The Noble Quran | $2.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Quran on Steam | |
 | NABI | $1.99 | 52 61% | 1.6k | $3.1k (exactly $3,104) | Fancysquare | |
 | Evil Superhero Simulator | · EA | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Superhero Central |
 | Super Kingcrab Simulator | $1.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | !CyberApex (SkagoGames) | |
 | Keyboard Simulator | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Arbothonas | |
 | Working Late | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | DeadEX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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