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Should I ship a Supernatural Souls-like?
Souls-like + Supernatural
Only 12 developers shipped a Supernatural Souls-like 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, Hell is Us, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×1.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $89; 1 in 20 cleared $6.4M, ×4284 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 34 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,881) |
| Top 5% | $6.4M (exactly $6,417,216) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 65% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 8,510 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
Hell is Us 2025 · $6.4M 
The Dark Queen of Mortholme 2025 · $610k 
The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition 2023 · $589k 
Volgarr the Viking II 2024 · $51k 
Nullpoint Protocol 2026 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hell is Us | $49.99 | 4,279 83% | 128k | $6.4M (exactly $6,417,216) | Rogue Factor | |
| | The Dark Queen of Mortholme | $4.99 | 4,075 83% | 122k | $610k (exactly $610,028) | Mosu | |
| | The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition | older | $24.99 | 786 71% | 24k | $589k (exactly $589,264) | Plot Twist |
| | Volgarr the Viking II | older | $19.99 | 85 81% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | Digital Eclipse, Crazy Viking Studios |
| | Nullpoint Protocol | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Everbloom Games | |
 | Outliver: Tribulation | older | $7.99 | 42 78% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | GBROSSOFT |
 | Italian Brainrot: In Prison | $4.99 | 64 81% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | ShLeks, Hero | |
 | JimmyCraft | older | $4.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Happysoft Interactive |
 | Hollow Witch | older | $4.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Bad Kid Games |
 | King of Halloween | older | $4.99 | 17 47% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | King Key Games |
 | Redhelm Dynasty | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Tirazis | |
 | Demon Street | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Manycats Games | |
 | BERENICE: Videogame | $3.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | SATORI Ent. | |
 | Grey Prince | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | OBICORP SoftwareWorks | |
 | Miko Funk | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Blaze Epic | |
 | ASHOR | · EA | $2.00 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Nihat Toygar SAN |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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