Should I ship a Zombie FMV?
FMV + Zombies
Of 21 developers who shipped a Zombie FMV 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.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 15 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,020) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- FMV; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, First-Person, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 3,778 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FMV with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SurvivalStrong odds
- + Post-apocalypticStrong 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
Comparable games
SubZero 2026 · $815k 
Lustful Dead 🔞 2025 · $80k 
Survivor's Notes 2026 · $74k 
HITLER: BDSM BUNKER 2023 · $49k 
Only Whores Survive 🔞 2025 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SubZero | $9.99 | 2,719 92% | 82k | $815k (exactly $814,884) | Joy Media Limited | |
| | Lustful Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 267 49% | 8.0k | $80k (exactly $80,020) | BanzaiProject | |
| | Survivor's Notes | $6.99 | 352 91% | 11k | $74k (exactly $73,814) | MYSTERY CROWN, YESPLAY | |
| | HITLER: BDSM BUNKER | older | $9.99 | 164 81% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Adolf Games |
| | Only Whores Survive 🔞 | $9.99 | 148 61% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $44,356) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Punishment NyanNyan R | $8.99 | 163 95% | 4.9k | $44k (exactly $43,961) | ぬるぬる坊主 | |
 | 108 Silly Ways to Die | $10.99 | 115 73% | 3.5k | $38k (exactly $37,916) | SEED Studio | |
 | Killing Time (Classic) | older | $9.99 | 103 71% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | The 3DO Company |
 | Iron Disco | older | $9.99 | 101 68% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | Towndarktales |
 | Corpse Killer - 25th Anniversary Edition | older | $14.99 | 55 69% | 1.7k | $25k (exactly $24,734) | Screaming Villains |
 | One Rotten Oath | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Piotr Bunkowski | |
 | OKeverything:Evil Boy 1001 Sinful Reincarnations | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | X.OKE.FAN | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers 2 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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