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Stealth + Artificial Intelligence
Of 46 developers who shipped an AI Stealth game 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.. 101 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 101 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is down 70% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) |
| Top 5% | $760k (exactly $759,820) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 46 |
| Released games | 147 |
| Announced | 101 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Artificial Intelligence
- 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
- Stealth; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 19,338 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 101 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach 2021 · $78M 
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic 2025 · $13M 
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered 2024 · $10M 
Nuclear Option 2023 · EA · $6.2M 
Hello Neighbor 2 2022 · $5.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach | older | $39.99 | 65,350 86% | 2.0M | $78M (exactly $78,400,395) | Steel Wool Studios |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic | $39.99 | 10,874 86% | 326k | $13M (exactly $13,045,538) | Steel Wool Studios | |
| | Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered | $49.99 | 6,860 84% | 206k | $10M (exactly $10,287,942) | Guerrilla Games, Nixxes Software | |
| | Nuclear Option | · EA older | $19.99 | 10,275 95% | 308k | $6.2M (exactly $6,161,917) | Shockfront Studios |
| | Hello Neighbor 2 | older | $39.99 | 4,361 81% | 131k | $5.2M (exactly $5,231,892) | Eerie Guest, tinyBuild |
 | GERONIMO | · EA | $19.99 | 1,267 81% | 38k | $760k (exactly $759,820) | Dark Matter Studios |
 | Evil Nun: The Broken Mask | older | $19.99 | 1,084 95% | 33k | $650k (exactly $650,075) | Keplerians, Carlos Coronado |
 | Anonymous Hacker Simulator | older | $19.99 | 741 85% | 22k | $444k (exactly $444,378) | Sicarius |
 | Haunt Chaser | older | $14.99 | 570 67% | 17k | $256k (exactly $256,329) | Clock Wizard Games |
 | The Escape: Together | · EA older | $3.99 | 2,023 79% | 61k | $242k (exactly $242,153) | Nightstuff Games |
 | Libertine: King of Hearts | $19.99 | 96 85% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $57,571) | Hasnotalent Media | |
 | Into The Darkness VR | · EA | $19.99 | 35 37% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | Cosmos Games, 9 lives |
 | Separated | · EA | $9.99 | 65 66% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | Twisted Realm |
 | Regulators | $14.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Orangepixel | |
 | DeathOmen | $6.99 | 48 75% | 1.4k | $10k (exactly $10,066) | Jeff Winner | |
 | Veil of Mist | $5.99 | 43 55% | 1.3k | $7.7k (exactly $7,727) | Ember Wing Games | |
 | Animosity | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Red River Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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