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Should I ship a Demon Stealth game?

Stealth + Demons

Of 98 developers who shipped a Demon 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.. 116 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×276 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 116 games are announced against 52 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 116 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Stealth + Demons
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 98
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.5k → $1.2k → $3.4k → $2.4k → $748 → $300 → $628 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Stealth + Demons: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 98
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $7.6k (exactly $7,554)
Top 5% $173k (exactly $173,134)
Developers, 2 yr 98
Released games 229
Announced 116
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 down 65% on the market, supply 10% 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.

Stealth
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Demons
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 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
Stealth; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Survival Horror
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, First-Person, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 84% positive over 5,403 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 $720, 1 in 4 over $7.5k, 1 in 20 over $170k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 56 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 116 games are announced against 52 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + JRPGFair7 devs · median $1.3k · 12 announced
  2. + World War IIPoor odds11 devs · median $43k · 14 announced
  3. + LGBTQ+Poor odds19 devs · median $30k · 30 announced
  4. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds8 devs · median $27k · 31 announced
  5. + WargamePoor odds10 devs · median $21k · 39 announced
  6. + DinosaursPoor odds10 devs · median $17k · 23 announced
  7. + Gun CustomizationPoor odds20 devs · median $13k · 63 announced
  8. + Base BuildingPoor odds21 devs · median $13k · 57 announced
  9. + Cold WarPoor odds7 devs · median $10k · 31 announced
  10. + HistoricalPoor odds32 devs · median $9.6k · 76 announced
  11. + MilitaryPoor odds43 devs · median $8.5k · 122 announced
  12. + WarPoor odds30 devs · median $7.6k · 89 announced

All 159 pairs on the Stealth page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Blood West 2023 · $4.6M Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction 2023 · $3.4M MADiSON 2022 · $3.2M Lucius II 2015 · $1.1M Agony 2018 · $1.0M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Blood West older $24.99 6,132 90% 184k $4.6M (exactly $4,597,160) Hyperstrange
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction older $39.99 2,865 66% 86k $3.4M (exactly $3,437,140) Ubisoft Montreal
MADiSON older $34.99 3,007 87% 90k $3.2M (exactly $3,156,448) BLOODIOUS GAMES
Lucius II older $19.99 1,910 61% 57k $1.1M (exactly $1,145,427) Shiver Games
Agony older $14.99 2,295 48% 69k $1.0M (exactly $1,032,062) Madmind Studio
Sumerian Six older $29.99 1,101 94% 33k $991k (exactly $990,570) Artificer
Paranoia Place: Escape Together $7.99 1,555 87% 47k $373k (exactly $372,734) Bloody Pixel Games
It Steals older $4.99 2,144 98% 64k $321k (exactly $320,957) Zeekerss
Supernatural older $8.99 1,180 63% 35k $318k (exactly $318,246) Hitori De Productions
Mama's Sleeping Angels $9.99 1,040 93% 31k $312k (exactly $311,688) itamu
Paranormal Cleanup $9.99 961 88% 29k $288k (exactly $288,012) Manic Mice
DYSTHANASIA $24.99 334 88% 10k $250k (exactly $250,400) Madowaku Kobo
A.A.U. Black Site · EA $14.99 385 80% 12k $173k (exactly $173,134) Raspberry Studio
HELLSEED: All Chapters $19.99 265 73% 8.0k $159k (exactly $158,920) Profenix Studio SRLS
BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW $19.99 247 73% 7.4k $148k (exactly $148,126) Serafini Productions
İblis3:Phenomena $12.99 252 56% 7.6k $98k (exactly $98,204) Bulut ULU
Dream Cage $7.99 298 63% 8.9k $71k (exactly $71,431) Hitori De Productions
I Hate This Place $29.99 66 63% 2.0k $59k (exactly $59,380) Rock Square Thunder

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