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Should I ship an Escape Room Stealth game?
Stealth + Escape Room
Of 22 developers who shipped an Escape Room 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.. 32 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $990, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $720k, ×1152 the market median. Revenue is up 285% on the market; 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $987 (exactly $987) |
| Top 25% | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) |
| Top 5% | $724k (exactly $723,605) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 up 285% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Escape Room; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Online Co-Op, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 140,348 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Escape the Backrooms 2025 · $41M 
Emissary Zero 2025 · $724k 
SLACKJAW 2025 · $23k 
Separated 2026 · EA · $19k 
Scholar's Mate 2024 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Escape the Backrooms | $9.99 | 137,315 90% | 4.1M | $41M (exactly $41,153,306) | Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive | |
| | Emissary Zero | $8.99 | 2,683 83% | 80k | $724k (exactly $723,605) | Rone Vine | |
| | SLACKJAW | $4.99 | 153 81% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | Nostromo Interactive | |
| | Separated | · EA | $9.99 | 65 66% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | Twisted Realm |
| | Scholar's Mate | older | $12.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,095) | JanduSoft |
 | Hajis هاجس | older | $4.99 | 84 80% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | VIOE |
 | Project Breakout | $9.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | maxkerpen | |
 | 911: Cannibal | older | $3.99 | 47 82% | 1.4k | $5.6k (exactly $5,626) | Euphoria Games |
 | Cult of the Child Eater | · EA | $5.99 | 31 64% | 930 | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) | Uncle George Games |
 | The Backrooms : Last Expedition | · EA older | $3.99 | 42 47% | 1.3k | $5.0k (exactly $5,027) | Valkyrie Interactive |
 | Deep Line | $3.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | DrugTank | |
 | Psycho | $4.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Ali Mattar | |
 | Almost Out | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | SIXBYTE Interactive | |
 | Backrooms Multi-Verses | $3.99 | 12 33% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Mirrion INC. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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