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Should I ship a 6DOF Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + 6DOF
Only 14 developers shipped a 6DOF Survival Horror 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, Horror Simulator VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $2.2k, ×3.6 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 5% | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 25% 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.
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 6DOF
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror, 6DOF; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, PvE
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Dark, VR
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 32% positive over 53 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 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
Gorilla Tag 2023 · $32M 
Death in the Water 2 2023 · $780k 
Death Horizon: Reloaded 2023 · $46k 
A Wake Inn 2021 · $22k 
Rotten Apple 2023 · $16k | 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. |
| | Death in the Water 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,734 83% | 52k | $780k (exactly $779,780) | Lighthouse Games Studio |
| | Death Horizon: Reloaded | older | $19.99 | 76 80% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Horizon Lab LLP |
| | A Wake Inn | older | $19.99 | 36 58% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | VR Bros |
| | Rotten Apple | older | $14.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | VRilliant Studios |
 | Rooten | older | $4.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,718) | Amortiz Games |
 | Ghost Stories 2 | older | $14.99 | 31 70% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | AK Studio |
 | CURSED NIGHT - The House | older | $7.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $8.9k (exactly $8,869) | VR Pirates Game Studio |
 | 迷禁 Lost in Abyss | older | $13.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $7.6k (exactly $7,555) | 宇极VR胆小鬼 |
 | Silent Mansion : Part2 | older | $6.99 | 29 65% | 870 | $6.1k (exactly $6,081) | MINO ENTERTAINMENT INC |
 | Horror Simulator VR | $14.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Suplife Games | |
 | Mandela Invasion VR: Alternates | $14.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Manguevar Entertainment | |
 | Th3_M1dday_L4dies | $5.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | nonhumans | |
 | RebreatheR | $7.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | mc_try | |
 | BodyPanic | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | MD | |
 | Strigoi: The Vampire Legend | $2.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | SP GAMES | |
 | Shadows of the Past | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | SomeTimesAtNight | |
 | Letsss Play | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Alexander Zmeev, Sergey Zmeev |
 | H.Z.T. | $2.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | InterAxis Studio | |
 | Glory Defence | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Waytrel Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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