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Class-Based + Zombies
Only 16 developers shipped a Zombie Class-Based 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, FBC: Firebreak, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×1.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×795 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $101k (exactly $100,999) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,404) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Zombies
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 4,204 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 2022 · $130M 
Killing Floor 2009 · $24M 
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 2024 · $1.3M 
FBC: Firebreak 2025 · $1.2M 
The Midnight Walkers 2026 · EA · $887k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Darktide | older | $39.99 | 108,477 72% | 3.3M | $130M (exactly $130,139,857) | Fatshark |
| | Killing Floor | older | $19.99 | 39,850 95% | 1.2M | $24M (exactly $23,898,045) | Tripwire Interactive |
| | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
| | FBC: Firebreak | $19.99 | 1,985 65% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,404) | Remedy Entertainment | |
| | The Midnight Walkers | · EA | $19.99 | 1,479 54% | 44k | $887k (exactly $886,956) | Oneway Ticket Studio |
 | Kingdom of Night | $19.99 | 326 86% | 9.8k | $196k (exactly $195,502) | Friends of Safety | |
 | Sonny Legacy Collection | $9.99 | 337 91% | 10k | $101k (exactly $100,999) | Krin Juangbhanich | |
 | Zombie Builder Defense 2 | older | $9.99 | 210 84% | 6.3k | $63k (exactly $62,937) | Noham Games |
 | Rebirth evolution | older | $8.99 | 125 61% | 3.8k | $34k (exactly $33,712) | 异界游网络科技 |
 | Zombo Buster Advance | older | $4.99 | 184 82% | 5.5k | $28k (exactly $27,545) | FIREBEAST |
 | Make It Count | $7.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Sky Games | |
 | Legendary Heroes Survivors | $2.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Last Loop Studios | |
 | Necrodungeon | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Masseli Art | |
 | ZedFall: Outbreak | · EA | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | CaptainJaySolo |
 | Convict Team Tactics | $2.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Asocial Guarantee | |
 | Shred The Undead | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Citizens' Loft Interactive LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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