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Should I ship an Alien Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Aliens
Of 36 developers who shipped an Alien Walking Simulator 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.. 42 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $2.0M, ×4415 the market median. Revenue is up 185% on the market; 42 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,203) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 99 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 185% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Aliens
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 12,829 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MusicFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
The Invincible 2023 · $9.0M 
ROUTINE 2025 · $5.5M 
1000xRESIST 2024 · $3.2M 
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead 2024 · $2.1M 
Amenti 2025 · $458k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Invincible | older | $29.99 | 10,055 87% | 302k | $9.0M (exactly $9,046,484) | Starward Industries |
| | ROUTINE | $24.99 | 7,322 91% | 220k | $5.5M (exactly $5,489,303) | Lunar Software | |
| | 1000xRESIST | older | $19.99 | 5,310 96% | 159k | $3.2M (exactly $3,184,407) | sunset visitor 斜陽過客 |
| | A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead | $29.99 | 2,331 74% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) | Stormind Games | |
| | Amenti | $6.99 | 2,184 80% | 66k | $458k (exactly $457,985) | Darkphobia Games | |
 | Greyhill Incident | older | $19.99 | 634 44% | 19k | $380k (exactly $380,210) | Refugium Games |
 | The Land of Pain | older | $11.99 | 580 77% | 17k | $209k (exactly $208,626) | Alessandro Guzzo |
 | Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor | older | $9.99 | 619 79% | 19k | $186k (exactly $185,514) | Sundae Month |
 | Cosmonious High | older | $19.99 | 230 94% | 6.9k | $138k (exactly $137,931) | Owlchemy Labs |
 | Lifeless Moon | older | $12.99 | 256 78% | 7.7k | $100k (exactly $99,763) | Serenity Forge |
 | Newton's Fourth Law | · EA | $11.99 | 224 93% | 6.7k | $81k (exactly $80,573) | Newtonian Studios |
 | Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room | $12.99 | 191 81% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,433) | mc2games | |
 | [HERROR] Gas Station Case | $5.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $50k (exactly $50,496) | [HERROR] | |
 | Cosmic Fear | $19.99 | 84 80% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Alessandro Guzzo | |
 | Awakening Sarah | $8.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $15,912) | Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim | |
 | Invasion of The Halloween Fiends | $3.49 | 107 94% | 3.2k | $11k (exactly $11,203) | MyGrandfather Games | |
 | Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven | $5.99 | 46 91% | 1.4k | $8.3k (exactly $8,266) | MyGrandfather Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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