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Stealth + Cats
Of 21 developers who shipped a Cat 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.. 50 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $330k, ×526 the market median. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 50 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 25% | $6.8k (exactly $6,750) |
| Top 5% | $330k (exactly $330,113) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 50 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 125% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Dark, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,956 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 6 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
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ORDER 13 2025 · $330k 
Before The Night 2022 · $191k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stray | older | $29.99 | 157,579 97% | 4.7M | $142M (exactly $141,773,826) | BlueTwelve Studio |
| | Timelie | older | $17.99 | 1,783 95% | 53k | $962k (exactly $962,285) | Urnique Studio |
| | Kristala | $39.99 | 485 71% | 15k | $582k (exactly $581,854) | Astral Clocktower Studios | |
| | ORDER 13 | $8.99 | 1,224 87% | 37k | $330k (exactly $330,113) | Cybernetic Walrus | |
| | Before The Night | older | $13.99 | 456 94% | 14k | $191k (exactly $191,383) | Uneducated Game Studio |
 | JUSTICE SUCKS: Tactical Vacuum Action | older | $19.99 | 199 95% | 6.0k | $119k (exactly $119,340) | Samurai Punk |
 | Homestead Arcana | older | $19.99 | 98 66% | 2.9k | $59k (exactly $58,771) | Serenity Forge |
 | The Chronicles of Nyanya | older | $19.99 | 79 92% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | hamstercube |
 | Hello From Darkness | · EA older | $9.99 | 116 78% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $34,765) | CaTaTo |
 | LIGHT: Black Cat & Amnesia Girl | older | $10.99 | 66 83% | 2.0k | $22k (exactly $21,760) | Daylight Studio |
 | Still It Runs | $9.99 | 70 48% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | NAYUG, KADOKAWA | |
 | KIYO - Bunny Tyranny | $14.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Pixel Rats | |
 | Paws Coven | $6.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) | Wintercrow Games | |
 | I Hear Them | $6.25 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,750) | Strange Presence | |
 | Virago World | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Honest Chronicle | |
 | 100 Cats Lost In World Find & Color | $4.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Two Cats Games | |
 | Meowmories | $5.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Team Memolink | |
 | Cat Nips | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | firminou |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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