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Should I ship a Stealth Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Stealth
Only 9 developers shipped a Stealth Battle Royale 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, Polygon Bit Battle Royale, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×7.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 10 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 37 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,872) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 10 / 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 down 55% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Stealth
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 6,061 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 37 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Deceive Inc. 2023 · $2.9M 
Hidden in Plain Sight 2014 · $166k 
Bail or Jail(OBAKEIDORO!) 2022 · $113k 
Polygon Bit Battle Royale 2025 · $28k 
Hide & Chick 2023 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Deceive Inc. | older | $19.99 | 4,755 84% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,851,574) | Sweet Bandits Studios |
| | Hidden in Plain Sight | older | $5.99 | 922 99% | 28k | $166k (exactly $165,683) | Adam Spragg |
| | Bail or Jail(OBAKEIDORO!) | older | $19.99 | 188 81% | 5.6k | $113k (exactly $112,744) | FREE STYLE, Inc., KONAMI |
| | Polygon Bit Battle Royale | $9.99 | 93 60% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | Army Troop Studios | |
| | Hide & Chick | older | $4.99 | 48 64% | 1.4k | $7.2k (exactly $7,186) | Eggs Studio |
 | 死亡禁地 The Dead Zone | older | $2.99 | 24 33% | 720 | $2.2k (exactly $2,153) | 侍神娱樂 |
 | Moccoletti | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Consortium of Octopus | |
 | The Zone | older | $3.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | Colossus Game Studio |
 | Stealth Syndicate | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Vincent Lopes-Vicente | |
 | Save Us: Island Escape | older | $2.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Infunas Games |
 | SHARKS | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Ezone PTY LTD |
 | The Night of Escape | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LiTang | |
 | 1v1 Me | $3.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | A3 Industries, David Henry | |
 | Find your friends | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Not A Robot Games | |
 | Murder&Spies | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | navlikesbunnies | |
 | Hunted Hunter | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Athmos Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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