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Should I ship an FMV Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + FMV

Only 13 developers shipped an FMV 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, Forbidden Solitaire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $31k, ×49 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $4.2k. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 49.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 14 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + FMV
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $3.6k → $31k → $48k → $27k → $79k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + FMV: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $4.2k (exactly $4,196)
Median $31k (exactly $31,036)
Top 25% $79k (exactly $78,719)
Top 5% $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 39
Announced 14
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

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 20% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 5%, 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.

Survival Horror
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
FMV
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
Survival Horror, FMV; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Dark, Dark Humor
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 4,333 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $4.2k, median $31k, 1 in 4 over $78k, 1 in 20 over $1.0M.

3 in 10 developers made under $4.2k. 3 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Survival Horror with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + DrivingFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  2. + Tower DefenseFair14 devs · median $1.9k · 16 announced
  3. + IncrementalFair16 devs · median $1.6k · 19 announced
  4. + SnowFair17 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  5. + SportsFair5 devs · median $959 · 3 announced
  6. + Outbreak SimFair22 devs · median $958 · 24 announced
  7. + 3D PlatformerFair111 devs · median $539 · 104 announced
  8. + Boomer ShooterFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  9. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds10 devs · median $64k · 42 announced
  10. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $52k · 21 announced
  11. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds8 devs · median $52k · 12 announced
  12. + Social DeductionPoor odds14 devs · median $18k · 17 announced

All 159 pairs on the Survival Horror page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

At Dead Of Night 2020 · $1.6M STASIS: BONE TOTEM 2023 · $1.2M Forbidden Solitaire 2026 · $1.1M Death Come True 2020 · $434k Dead Take 2025 · $338k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
At Dead Of Night older $15.99 3,289 94% 99k $1.6M (exactly $1,577,733) Baggy Cat Ltd.
STASIS: BONE TOTEM older $19.99 2,025 93% 61k $1.2M (exactly $1,214,392) THE BROTHERHOOD
Forbidden Solitaire $15.99 2,245 96% 67k $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertai… (Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment)
Death Come True older $15.99 904 76% 27k $434k (exactly $433,649) IzanagiGames, Too Kyo Games, ESQUADRA,i… (IzanagiGames, Too Kyo Games, ESQUADRA,inc.)
Dead Take $14.99 752 87% 23k $338k (exactly $338,174) Surgent Studios
The Light Remake older $4.99 1,462 87% 44k $219k (exactly $218,861) Носков Сергей
Lustful Dead 🔞 $9.99 267 49% 8.0k $80k (exactly $80,020) BanzaiProject
Heart of the Forest $12.99 202 70% 6.1k $79k (exactly $78,719) Trapped Predator
Back older $6.99 325 77% 9.8k $68k (exactly $68,152) MYSTERY CROWN
Blood & Lust [18+]🩸 $9.99 161 75% 4.8k $48k (exactly $48,252) Carnality INC
Back：Fade $6.99 191 76% 5.7k $40k (exactly $40,053) MYSTERY CROWN
Lust Night💋 $9.99 105 72% 3.2k $31k (exactly $31,468) Play and Cum 💦
欢迎来到林葬屋 $6.99 148 75% 4.4k $31k (exactly $31,036) MYSTERY CROWN, 火蜥蜴文化
林葬屋前传：冥声 $6.99 133 83% 4.0k $28k (exactly $27,890) MYSTERY CROWN, 火蜥蜴文化
背后3:阴戏 $6.99 129 95% 3.9k $27k (exactly $27,051) MYSTERY CROWN

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