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Should I ship a Conspiracy Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Conspiracy
Of 28 developers who shipped a Conspiracy 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.. 49 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $46k, ×74 the market median. Revenue is up 1655% on the market; 49 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,581) |
| Top 5% | $46k (exactly $46,401) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 81 |
| Announced | 49 |
| 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 1655% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,338 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVFair
- + DrivingFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + SnowFair
- + SportsFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
Comparable games
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication 2024 · $1.9M 
Happy's Humble Burger Farm 2021 · $1.0M 
Butcher's Creek 2025 · $461k 
Saturnalia 2023 · $104k 
Subversive Memories 2026 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication | older | $24.99 | 2,493 93% | 75k | $1.9M (exactly $1,869,002) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Happy's Humble Burger Farm | older | $19.99 | 1,704 93% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,889) | Scythe Dev Team |
| | Butcher's Creek | $9.99 | 1,539 94% | 46k | $461k (exactly $461,238) | David Szymanski | |
| | Saturnalia | older | $29.99 | 116 91% | 3.5k | $104k (exactly $104,365) | Santa Ragione |
| | Subversive Memories | $11.99 | 129 96% | 3.9k | $46k (exactly $46,401) | Southward Studio | |
 | Heavy Metal Death Can | $17.50 | 76 92% | 2.3k | $40k (exactly $39,900) | Krufs Productions | |
 | NEDRA | $14.99 | 76 76% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $34,177) | Davit Andreasyan | |
 | Paradise: Musubi | $14.99 | 73 98% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $32,828) | PIL/SLASH | |
 | The Fear Business | $9.99 | 104 93% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $31,169) | Tomás Esconjaureguy | |
 | Dark Notes | older | $7.99 | 108 75% | 3.2k | $26k (exactly $25,888) | HeartBeat Plus |
 | Barking from the Dark | $3.99 | 197 88% | 5.9k | $24k (exactly $23,581) | shoftArt | |
 | Oxide Room 208 | $29.99 | 22 31% | 660 | $20k (exactly $19,793) | WildSphere | |
 | Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY! | $4.99 | 98 90% | 2.9k | $15k (exactly $14,671) | Domnaier | |
 | Saborus | $14.99 | 24 58% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | High Room Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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