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Should I ship a Gothic Stealth game?
Stealth + Gothic
Only 15 developers shipped a Gothic Stealth game 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, Brush Burial: Gutter World, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×400 the market median. Revenue is up 260% on the market; 44 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,588) |
| Top 5% | $251k (exactly $251,149) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 44 |
| 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 260% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,465 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2007 · $8.3M 
Amnesia: Rebirth 2020 · $7.1M 
Gloomwood 2022 · EA · $4.5M 
Brush Burial: Gutter World 2025 · $251k 
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain 2013 · $228k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | older | $19.99 | 13,889 94% | 417k | $8.3M (exactly $8,329,233) | Troika Games |
| | Amnesia: Rebirth | older | $29.99 | 7,894 77% | 237k | $7.1M (exactly $7,102,232) | Frictional Games |
| | Gloomwood | · EA older | $19.99 | 7,495 95% | 225k | $4.5M (exactly $4,494,752) | Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski, Nate Be… (Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski, Nate Berens, Thomas Porta) |
| | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
| | Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain | older | $6.99 | 1,087 66% | 33k | $228k (exactly $227,944) | · |
 | Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 209 60% | 6.3k | $125k (exactly $125,337) | Shockwork Games |
 | BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH | $8.99 | 427 81% | 13k | $115k (exactly $115,162) | Serafini Productions | |
 | Winter Ember | older | $29.99 | 82 58% | 2.5k | $74k (exactly $73,775) | Sky Machine Studios |
 | Tales of Old: Dominus | $14.99 | 129 47% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,011) | Hvmana Industries MMD | |
 | Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire | $19.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Schell Games | |
 | Daughter of The Void | · EA | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Shaybabe |
 | EVERDARK: Undead Apocalypse | $16.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.5k (exactly $1,529) | ESDIP_GAMES, Everdark Labs | |
 | GAYA - The Mystery | $8.00 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | Dunamis | |
 | Labyrinth : Dracula's lair | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | MyceliumGames | |
 | Shuttering | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Grimmdark | |
 | Darke: Haunting Hours | $13.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $420 (exactly $420) | Ualison Rodrigues |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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