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Should I ship a Survival Horror 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Survival Horror
Only 16 developers shipped a Survival Horror 3D Fighter 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, Fear of Hot Water Ghost, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $23k, ×16 the market median. Revenue is up 305% on the market; 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,802) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 up 305% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Survival Horror
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 322 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureLong shot
- + RhythmLong shot
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Onee Chanbara ORIGIN 2020 · $2.2M 
Fear of Hot Water Ghost 2025 · $24k 
Phoenix's Faye 2025 · $16k 
DzombZ 2023 · EA · $11k 
69 Ways to Kill a Zombie 2017 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Onee Chanbara ORIGIN | older | $59.99 | 1,217 75% | 37k | $2.2M (exactly $2,190,235) | Tamsoft |
| | Fear of Hot Water Ghost | $4.99 | 159 69% | 4.8k | $24k (exactly $23,802) | nStarcube | |
| | Phoenix's Faye | $9.99 | 55 76% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | BigFireball | |
| | DzombZ | · EA older | $12.99 | 29 68% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Houari Mohamed Amine |
| | 69 Ways to Kill a Zombie | older | $4.99 | 70 64% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Wadup Games |
 | RUN HARE RUN | older | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | High and Wide |
 | Nekurogahara: Ronin Psyche | $39.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $4.8k (exactly $4,799) | n1lknarf | |
 | Survive The Dark | · EA older | $4.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | bHaptics Inc. |
 | Slasher | $4.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Horrid Vision LLC | |
 | 冬眠（hibernation） | older | $6.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | 玄机子 |
 | Maya : Ek Pishachini | $4.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Akshat Softwares | |
 | Conviction | $3.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | J-Bradford | |
 | Hunter Moonstrike : Ai NPCs version | $15.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.9k (exactly $1,919) | 10nstudio | |
 | Hellfire Rampage VR | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nazar Korinnyi | |
 | Deadly Joy | $2.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Napping Penguin | |
 | Dead Station Together | $0.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | cnsgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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