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Should I ship a Zombie Card Game?
Card Game + Zombies
Only 19 developers shipped a Zombie Card 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, The Dead Await, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 35 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is down 55% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) |
| Top 5% | $42k (exactly $42,088) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 35 |
| 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 55% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Card Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Survival, Card Battler
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 56% positive over 414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Book of Demons 2018 · $6.0M 
Knock on the Coffin Lid 2024 · $2.0M 
Spooky Starlets: Movie Monsters 2022 · $149k 
Necroking 2024 · $128k 
The Dead Await 2026 · $42k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Book of Demons | older | $24.99 | 8,010 91% | 240k | $6.0M (exactly $6,005,097) | Thing Trunk |
| | Knock on the Coffin Lid | older | $24.99 | 2,727 82% | 82k | $2.0M (exactly $2,044,432) | RedBoon |
| | Spooky Starlets: Movie Monsters | older | $9.99 | 497 66% | 15k | $149k (exactly $148,951) | Wallimog & Friends |
| | Necroking | older | $4.99 | 857 81% | 26k | $128k (exactly $128,293) | KORO.GAMES |
| | The Dead Await | $12.99 | 108 67% | 3.2k | $42k (exactly $42,088) | Shotx | |
 | 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 |
 | Deliverance & Reign | older | $7.99 | 106 80% | 3.2k | $25k (exactly $25,408) | One Up Plus |
 | Zombie Solitaire 2 Chapter 1 | older | $8.99 | 90 70% | 2.7k | $24k (exactly $24,273) | rokaplay |
 | Zombie Epoch:Deck Apocalypse | $7.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | HY Indie Game | |
 | Cat Guardian | $7.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Yaeegy | |
 | Deadwalker Chronicles | · EA | $12.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | Black Phoenix Studio |
 | GAME (not) OVER | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | The Croissant Crusaders | |
 | 重生之时 - Rebirth Moment | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Polatouche Studio | |
 | Deckalypse | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Jazzoid Studios | |
 | GGnZ: Deck of the Dead | $17.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $540 (exactly $540) | Evil Bunneh | |
 | Propaganda vs. Zombies | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Loboz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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