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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Boomer Shooter Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + Boomer Shooter

Of 27 developers who shipped a Boomer Shooter Survival Horror 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.. 28 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 28 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue up 50% on the market, 28 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + Boomer Shooter
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 27
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $8.1k → $7.2k → $360 → $2.1k → $450 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + Boomer Shooter: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 27
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $2.0k (exactly $2,035)
Top 5% $34k (exactly $34,166)
Developers, 2 yr 27
Released games 40
Announced 28
Effort 6 / 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 50% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Boomer Shooter
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Survival Horror, Boomer Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, FPS
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 367 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $450, 1 in 4 over $2.0k, 1 in 20 over $34k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Survival Horror with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVFair13 devs · median $31k · 14 announced
  2. + DrivingFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  3. + Tower DefenseFair14 devs · median $1.9k · 16 announced
  4. + IncrementalFair16 devs · median $1.6k · 19 announced
  5. + SnowFair17 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  6. + SportsFair5 devs · median $959 · 3 announced
  7. + Outbreak SimFair22 devs · median $958 · 24 announced
  8. + 3D PlatformerFair111 devs · median $539 · 104 announced
  9. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds10 devs · median $64k · 42 announced
  10. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $52k · 21 announced
  11. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds8 devs · median $52k · 12 announced
  12. + Social DeductionPoor odds14 devs · median $18k · 17 announced

All 159 pairs on the Survival Horror page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

KINGDOM of the DEAD 2022 · $148k Dino Trauma 2023 · EA · $147k UNLOVED 2016 · $143k Nasty Zombies 2024 · $74k HYPERVIOLENT 2025 · $70k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
KINGDOM of the DEAD older $14.99 329 78% 9.9k $148k (exactly $147,951) DIRIGO GAMES
Dino Trauma · EA older $12.99 378 91% 11k $147k (exactly $147,307) Phobia Interactive
UNLOVED older $4.99 955 79% 29k $143k (exactly $142,964) BlueEagle Productions
Nasty Zombies older $11.99 206 97% 6.2k $74k (exactly $74,098) Con No 1
HYPERVIOLENT $14.99 156 67% 4.7k $70k (exactly $70,153) nfoPRINCE, Terminist Arcade
Painted In Blood · EA $9.99 114 83% 3.4k $34k (exactly $34,166) MadCraft
Acre Crisis older $4.99 57 75% 1.7k $8.5k (exactly $8,533) David Pateti
OM6N older $14.99 18 66% 540 $8.1k (exactly $8,095) CJWorks
Escape From Infection Zone $39.99 6 100% 180 $7.2k (exactly $7,198) Funbang
Manus Dei older $2.99 51 86% 1.5k $4.6k (exactly $4,575) Lateralis Heavy Industries
Zombies Attack $4.99 26 100% 780 $3.9k (exactly $3,892) Liao Kai, LKK GAME
HEAVENSHATTER $4.99 16 93% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) Raifu
Blimblau: Kill Them All! $4.99 14 92% 420 $2.1k (exactly $2,096) MadDev
Conviction $3.99 17 100% 510 $2.0k (exactly $2,035) J-Bradford
Horryefieing: High-Rise $8.99 4 75% 120 $1.1k (exactly $1,079) Alaric Jaxxin
Crazy Neighbour $2.99 12 100% 360 $1.1k (exactly $1,076) Wamu Games
Sacrificio $9.99 2 50% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Pulp Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.