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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + 2D Platformer
Of 35 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Survival Horror in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×404 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 46 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $253k (exactly $253,399) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 98 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 10% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror, 2D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Hand-drawn, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 1,547 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVFair
- + DrivingFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + SnowFair
- + SportsFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Rain World 2017 · $35M 
Bye Sweet Carole 2025 · $779k 
METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED 2024 · $491k 
Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015 · $479k 
Kong: Survivor Instinct 2024 · $253k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rain World | older | $24.99 | 46,871 94% | 1.4M | $35M (exactly $35,139,189) | Videocult |
| | Bye Sweet Carole | $24.99 | 1,039 72% | 31k | $779k (exactly $778,938) | Little Sewing Machine | |
| | METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED | older | $9.99 | 1,639 69% | 49k | $491k (exactly $491,208) | SNK CORPORATION |
| | Lakeview Cabin Collection | older | $9.99 | 1,599 94% | 48k | $479k (exactly $479,220) | Roope Tamminen |
| | Kong: Survivor Instinct | $24.99 | 338 71% | 10k | $253k (exactly $253,399) | 7Levels | |
 | Lakeview Cabin 2 | older | $13.99 | 542 96% | 16k | $227k (exactly $227,477) | Roope Tamminen |
 | Sentimental Death Loop | older | $19.99 | 151 58% | 4.5k | $91k (exactly $90,555) | qureate, IXILL LLC. |
 | Maid of the Dead | older | $19.99 | 136 81% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | qureate, IXILL LLC. |
 | Angel's Gear | older | $9.99 | 254 73% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $76,124) | Scumhead |
 | yahtzee girl | older | $2.99 | 735 89% | 22k | $66k (exactly $65,930) | snappixgames |
 | VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood | $14.99 | 42 57% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Ash Jackson | |
 | Forbidden Ground - Lair of Aooni - | $10.99 | 47 48% | 1.4k | $15k (exactly $15,496) | HYDE, Inc. | |
 | After School .LIVE – Mirror of Twilight | $24.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | CyberStep, Inc. | |
 | The end of paradise | $7.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | The Salty Trio | |
 | Drealegy | $10.00 | 14 64% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,200) | ArcWillow | |
 | Haunted Dorm | $10.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $2.6k (exactly $2,638) | mihuangame | |
 | THE DARUMA CHALLENGE | $5.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Mūn Mūn Games | |
 | Joe Adventure | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Napless Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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