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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Dynamic Narration
Only 8 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Survival Horror 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, Astrumis - Survive Together, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $41k, ×66 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $41k (exactly $41,228) |
| Top 5% | $42k (exactly $41,658) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 100% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Dynamic Narration
- 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, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 10,982 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different second tag, 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 Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 2021 · $6.6M 
Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015 · $479k 
Ed-0: Zombie Uprising 2023 · $190k 
Saturnalia 2023 · $104k 
The Heilwald Loophole 2022 · $103k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | older | $29.99 | 7,360 89% | 221k | $6.6M (exactly $6,621,792) | Supermassive Games |
| | Lakeview Cabin Collection | older | $9.99 | 1,599 94% | 48k | $479k (exactly $479,220) | Roope Tamminen |
| | Ed-0: Zombie Uprising | older | $29.99 | 211 72% | 6.3k | $190k (exactly $189,837) | LANCARSE |
| | Saturnalia | older | $29.99 | 116 91% | 3.5k | $104k (exactly $104,365) | Santa Ragione |
| | The Heilwald Loophole | older | $9.99 | 344 97% | 10k | $103k (exactly $103,097) | Jan Malitschek |
 | Psych | older | $9.99 | 318 79% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,305) | MediaTale |
 | Astrumis - Survive Together | $9.99 | 139 70% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Tyci | |
 | Rehaunted | $7.99 | 172 66% | 5.2k | $41k (exactly $41,228) | Cauchemar | |
 | 5 NIGHTS AT SHALUN 4: SCHOOL | $1.99 | 535 93% | 16k | $32k (exactly $31,940) | Team GZ, VADIM CHURILOV | |
 | Harthorn | older | $3.99 | 188 84% | 5.6k | $23k (exactly $22,504) | Vincent Lade |
 | Little Squirrel Cabin | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | LSC Games | |
 | Just a stroll in the forest | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Van Isle Games | |
 | Adrift | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Moryi Limited | |
 | Through The Veil | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | v.a.c.u.u.m. | |
 | Anatolian Horror Stories : Curse In Bayramdere | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Murat Cetin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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