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Should I ship a Zombie Board Game?
Board Game + Zombies
Only 9 developers shipped a Zombie Board Game 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, Dead Grid, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
| Top 25% | $42k (exactly $41,690) |
| Top 5% | $196k (exactly $196,409) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 20% fewer 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.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Zombies
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Board Game
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $5.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,371 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Warhammer Quest (Classic) 2015 · $807k 
Dead Grid 2026 · $196k 
Dead Season 2024 · $109k 
ZombieCards 2025 · $42k 
Chainsaw Warrior (Classic) 2013 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer Quest (Classic) | older | $29.99 | 897 71% | 27k | $807k (exactly $807,031) | Rodeo Games, Twistplay |
| | Dead Grid | $12.99 | 504 93% | 15k | $196k (exactly $196,409) | Atom Void | |
| | Dead Season | $19.99 | 182 69% | 5.5k | $109k (exactly $109,145) | Snail Bite | |
| | ZombieCards | $5.99 | 232 48% | 7.0k | $42k (exactly $41,690) | HotScent | |
| | Chainsaw Warrior (Classic) | older | $4.99 | 229 64% | 6.9k | $34k (exactly $34,281) | Auroch Digital |
 | Smash Up | older | $6.99 | 141 60% | 4.2k | $30k (exactly $29,568) | Nomad Games |
 | Zombie Solitaire 2 Chapter 2 | older | $8.99 | 57 85% | 1.7k | $15k (exactly $15,373) | rokaplay |
 | Zombie Solitaire 2 Chapter 3 | older | $8.99 | 47 80% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,676) | rokaplay |
 | Pawn of the Dead | older | $6.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,227) | Aslan Game Studio |
 | Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night (Classic) | older | $5.99 | 38 65% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | Auroch Digital |
 | Deadwalker Chronicles | · EA | $12.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | Black Phoenix Studio |
 | Spin to Survive | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Seal | |
 | Toon Troops Strategy | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | New Angle Digital | |
 | Necropolis Nights | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DevDelta | |
 | City: Battle Ground | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Redduckstudio | |
 | Survival Deck Z | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jokker Dev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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