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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic FMV?
FMV + Post-apocalyptic
Only 8 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic FMV 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, SubZero, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $74k, ×118 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $44k. Revenue is up 135% on the market; 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.0 per shipper.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $44k (exactly $44,356) |
|---|---|
| Median | $74k (exactly $73,814) |
| Top 25% | $148k (exactly $147,551) |
| Top 5% | $815k (exactly $814,884) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 135% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FMV
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- FMV
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $12.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 21,834 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $45k. 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FMV with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SurvivalStrong odds
- + StrategyStrong odds
- + Multiple EndingsStrong odds
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + Choices MatterStrong odds
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + SimulationStrong odds
- + JRPGStrong odds
- + Visual NovelStrong odds
- + RPGStrong odds
- + Life SimStrong odds
Comparable games
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™ 2009 · $1.8M 
Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath 2009 · $1.1M 
SubZero 2026 · $815k 
The Bunker 2016 · $739k 
The Light Remake 2020 · $219k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™ | older | $6.96 | 8,777 89% | 263k | $1.8M (exactly $1,832,638) | EA Los Angeles |
| | Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath | older | $6.96 | 5,499 93% | 165k | $1.1M (exactly $1,148,191) | EA Los Angeles |
| | SubZero | $9.99 | 2,719 92% | 82k | $815k (exactly $814,884) | Joy Media Limited | |
| | The Bunker | older | $14.99 | 1,644 69% | 49k | $739k (exactly $739,307) | Splendy Interactive, Wales Interactive |
| | The Light Remake | older | $4.99 | 1,462 87% | 44k | $219k (exactly $218,861) | Носков Сергей |
 | BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION | older | $12.99 | 517 75% | 16k | $201k (exactly $201,475) | THE BROTHERHOOD |
 | SLEEP AWAKE | $29.99 | 164 71% | 4.9k | $148k (exactly $147,551) | EYES OUT, LLC. | |
 | Sex Desert: Mad Lust | $9.99 | 323 61% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,803) | Carnality INC | |
 | Survivor's Notes | $6.99 | 352 91% | 11k | $74k (exactly $73,814) | MYSTERY CROWN, YESPLAY | |
 | Time Space Rebuild | $4.99 | 377 76% | 11k | $56k (exactly $56,437) | INNOVATION DREAM | |
 | Only Whores Survive 🔞 | $9.99 | 148 61% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $44,356) | BanzaiProject | |
 | One Rotten Oath | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Piotr Bunkowski | |
 | US Visual Novel | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Us Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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