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Should I ship a Visual Novel God Game?
God Game + Visual Novel
Only 7 developers shipped a Visual Novel 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, Decade, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 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 $1.4k against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) |
| Top 5% | $39k (exactly $38,661) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 85% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $20.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,699 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 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
Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth 2021 · $697k 
The Confession 2020 · $59k 
Decade 2025 · $39k 
Our world has not decayed 2019 · $22k 
ManServant: Gay Visual Novel 2022 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth | older | $22.99 | 1,011 86% | 30k | $697k (exactly $697,287) | INDICAVA INTERACTIVE |
| | The Confession | older | $1.99 | 990 94% | 30k | $59k (exactly $59,103) | Randumb Studios |
| | Decade | $9.99 | 129 96% | 3.9k | $39k (exactly $38,661) | Last Piscean | |
| | Our world has not decayed | older | $1.99 | 373 85% | 11k | $22k (exactly $22,268) | lamb of game |
| | ManServant: Gay Visual Novel | older | $20.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $18k (exactly $18,261) | Y Press Games |
 | The Divine Deception | older | $14.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Themisian |
 | Divine Adventure RPG | older | $14.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Masquerade Games |
 | HOLY QURAN VR EXPERİENCE | older | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Srio VR Studio |
 | Cumming Hotel - A Gay Furry Slice of Life | older | $8.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | Male Doll |
 | The Disguiser Of Fate | older | $2.99 | 65 89% | 2.0k | $5.8k (exactly $5,830) | Windward_Birds, XNZONE |
 | The Noble Quran | $2.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Quran on Steam | |
 | Ages of Cataria | · EA | $9.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Third Pie Studios |
 | Unforgettable: 4th Dimensional Bartending | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Kalann | |
 | Come Pray | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | YUGO EYRA | |
 | Esporia | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 采柠工作室 |
 | 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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