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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 3D Platformer Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + 3D Platformer

Of 111 developers who shipped a 3D 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.. 104 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 104 games are announced against 58 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 55% on the market, 104 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + 3D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 111
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $839 → $1.0k → $2.0k → $478 → $898 → $1.5k → $359 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + 3D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 111
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $539 (exactly $539)
Top 25% $3.3k (exactly $3,293)
Top 5% $164k (exactly $164,426)
Developers, 2 yr 111
Released games 251
Announced 104
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 55% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
3D Platformer
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Survival Horror, 3D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Action-Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Dark
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 22,242 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $540, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $160k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 65 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 104 games are announced against 58 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Survival Horror with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVFair13 devs · median $31k · 14 announced
  2. + DrivingFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  3. + Tower DefenseFair14 devs · median $1.9k · 16 announced
  4. + IncrementalFair16 devs · median $1.6k · 19 announced
  5. + SnowFair17 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  6. + SportsFair5 devs · median $959 · 3 announced
  7. + Outbreak SimFair22 devs · median $958 · 24 announced
  8. + Boomer ShooterFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  9. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds10 devs · median $64k · 42 announced
  10. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $52k · 21 announced
  11. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds8 devs · median $52k · 12 announced
  12. + Social DeductionPoor odds14 devs · median $18k · 17 announced

All 159 pairs on the Survival Horror page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Gorilla Tag 2023 · $32M Hello Neighbor 2017 · $24M White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M Bramble: The Mountain King 2023 · $5.9M FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE 2026 · $4.0M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Gorilla Tag older $19.99 52,637 93% 1.6M $32M (exactly $31,566,409) Another Axiom Inc.
Hello Neighbor older $29.99 26,329 87% 790k $24M (exactly $23,688,201) Dynamic Pixels
White Knuckle · EA $16.99 13,356 98% 401k $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) Dark Machine Games
Bramble: The Mountain King older $29.99 6,512 94% 195k $5.9M (exactly $5,858,846) Dimfrost Studio
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE $49.99 2,663 87% 80k $4.0M (exactly $3,993,701) KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
IfSunSets · EA $19.99 2,284 74% 69k $1.4M (exactly $1,369,715) POLYMORPH
Twisted Tower $14.99 1,827 93% 55k $822k (exactly $821,602) Atmos Games
The Upturned older $9.99 2,482 99% 74k $744k (exactly $743,855) Zeekerss
Die Young older $9.99 1,521 78% 46k $456k (exactly $455,844) IndieGala
Animal Company · EA $19.99 749 86% 22k $449k (exactly $449,175) Wooster Games
PIT OF GOBLIN · EA $5.99 915 84% 27k $164k (exactly $164,426) Friendly Foe
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence $24.99 110 74% 3.3k $82k (exactly $82,467) Aya Games
No Vacation for an Executioner $13.99 78 70% 2.3k $33k (exactly $32,737) JayO
NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain $9.99 105 79% 3.2k $31k (exactly $31,468) Toydium
Clamb $5.99 155 65% 4.7k $28k (exactly $27,854) OP Softworks

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.