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Should I ship a Supernatural Escape Room game?
Escape Room + Supernatural
Of 24 developers who shipped a Supernatural Escape Room 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.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.1k, ×8.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $540. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 13 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $539 (exactly $539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) |
| Top 25% | $9.9k (exactly $9,856) |
| Top 5% | $232k (exactly $231,739) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Escape Room; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 5,492 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Escape Room with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationStrong odds
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + AdventureFair
- + ExplorationFair
Comparable games
Scarlet Idol 2026 · $620k 
Black Mirror I 2014 · $352k 
HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM 2026 · $232k 
Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance 2023 · $230k 
Amanda the Adventurer 3 2025 · $209k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Scarlet Idol | $7.99 | 2,586 66% | 78k | $620k (exactly $619,864) | 山雨工作室 | |
| | Black Mirror I | older | $9.99 | 1,175 85% | 35k | $352k (exactly $352,148) | Future Games, Unknown Identity |
| | HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM | $3.99 | 1,936 97% | 58k | $232k (exactly $231,739) | Stone | |
| | Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance | older | $9.99 | 769 92% | 23k | $230k (exactly $230,469) | Creepy Brothers |
| | Amanda the Adventurer 3 | $9.99 | 699 86% | 21k | $209k (exactly $209,490) | MANGLEDmaw Games | |
 | Escape: Malice | older | $7.99 | 815 17% | 24k | $195k (exactly $195,356) | Nimbus Games |
 | Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes Collector's Edition | older | $14.99 | 378 91% | 11k | $170k (exactly $169,987) | 8Floor |
 | CLeM | older | $15.99 | 239 92% | 7.2k | $115k (exactly $114,648) | Mango Protocol |
 | Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's | older | $9.99 | 82 92% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,575) | LunaBeat |
 | The Atlas Mystery: A VR Puzzle Game | older | $14.99 | 47 87% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Top Right Corner |
 | Separated | · EA | $9.99 | 65 66% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | Twisted Realm |
 | Benny Bash | $7.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $11,745) | Eduardo Scarpato | |
 | Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary | $6.99 | 47 65% | 1.4k | $9.9k (exactly $9,856) | PlayTogether Studio | |
 | Greenhouse | $7.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $9.8k (exactly $9,828) | 7D Games Studio | |
 | Otherplane | · EA | $9.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Elusior Studios |
 | Secrets of Salem: The Phantom Cab Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Cult of the Child Eater | · EA | $5.99 | 31 64% | 930 | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) | Uncle George Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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