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Grid-Based Movement + Psychological Horror
Only 11 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Grid-Based Movement 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, REPOSE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $35k, ×75 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 25 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,167) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,476) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Grid-Based Movement
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 89% positive over 359 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning 2019 · $1.2M 
Maxwell's puzzling demon 2024 · $186k 
House of Rules 2021 · $39k 
REPOSE 2025 · $35k 
HYNPYTOL 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zanki Zero: Last Beginning | older | $59.99 | 650 77% | 20k | $1.2M (exactly $1,169,805) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | Maxwell's puzzling demon | older | $14.99 | 413 98% | 12k | $186k (exactly $185,726) | muratsubo Games |
| | House of Rules | older | $7.99 | 163 90% | 4.9k | $39k (exactly $39,071) | Chii the Cat |
| | REPOSE | $7.99 | 148 93% | 4.4k | $35k (exactly $35,476) | Bozó Attila Bertold | |
| | HYNPYTOL | older | $14.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $29k (exactly $28,781) | base0 |
 | Grim Quest - Old School RPG | older | $5.99 | 151 91% | 4.5k | $27k (exactly $27,135) | Monomyth |
 | Mercenaries Lament: Requiem of the Silver Wolf | $19.99 | 35 42% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | ESQUADRA,inc., RideonJapan | |
 | Dig Night | $3.99 | 110 99% | 3.3k | $13k (exactly $13,167) | INUSHIT | |
 | Yclept | $6.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $7.5k (exactly $7,549) | Artur Shevale, Valerii Mukshin | |
 | PETRACAL | $5.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | FeralSquid | |
 | Wizabeasts | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Pumpkin Pi | |
 | Error Loop | $5.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Absorb Reality | |
 | Backrooms Maze 2D | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Insanity Studios LLC | |
 | Duolty | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zorio Duolty | |
 | Snek | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MadG. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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