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Should I ship a Hack and Slash Open World Survival Craft?

Open World Survival Craft + Hack and Slash

Only 12 developers shipped a Hack and Slash Open World Survival Craft 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, Renown, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $11k, ×8.0 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $840k, ×628 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 19 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 8.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 19 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Open World Survival Craft + Hack and Slash
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Open World Survival Craft + Hack and Slash: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $5.0k (exactly $5,036)
Median $11k (exactly $10,793)
Top 25% $186k (exactly $185,965)
Top 5% $846k (exactly $845,662)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 32
Announced 19
Effort 9 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $14.99

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 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Open World Survival Craft
effort 9 / 10 · low · dedicated multiplayer servers over a huge content build
Hack and Slash
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
9 / 10 · studio only
Systems
Open World Survival Craft, Hack and Slash
Price point
$14.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 69% positive over 2,702 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $5.1k, median $11k, 1 in 4 over $180k, 1 in 20 over $840k.

3 in 10 developers made under $5.1k. 19 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Open World Survival Craft with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + AutomationFair28 devs · median $307k · 37 announced
  2. + Co-opPoor odds58 devs · median $515k · 127 announced
  3. + Online Co-OpPoor odds72 devs · median $217k · 139 announced
  4. + Immersive SimPoor odds14 devs · median $183k · 37 announced
  5. + PhysicsPoor odds8 devs · median $183k · 27 announced
  6. + Colony SimPoor odds11 devs · median $170k · 25 announced
  7. + MedievalPoor odds13 devs · median $154k · 37 announced
  8. + ShooterPoor odds25 devs · median $139k · 45 announced
  9. + PvPPoor odds22 devs · median $125k · 56 announced
  10. + Sci-fiPoor odds32 devs · median $124k · 76 announced
  11. + Character CustomizationPoor odds34 devs · median $116k · 60 announced
  12. + RPGPoor odds76 devs · median $96k · 165 announced

All 54 pairs on the Open World Survival Craft page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Dying Light 2015 · $280M Myth of Empires 2024 · $14M Craftopia 2020 · EA · $13M Tribes of Midgard 2021 · $10M How to Survive 2014 · $6.3M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Dying Light older $24.99 373,413 95% 11M $280M (exactly $279,947,726) Techland
Myth of Empires older $29.99 15,520 68% 466k $14M (exactly $13,963,344) Angela Game
Craftopia · EA older $24.99 17,705 76% 531k $13M (exactly $13,273,438) Pocketpair
Tribes of Midgard older $19.99 17,465 76% 524k $10M (exactly $10,473,760) Norsfell
How to Survive older $14.99 13,990 82% 420k $6.3M (exactly $6,291,303) Eko Software
Frozen Flame · EA older $19.99 2,231 61% 67k $1.3M (exactly $1,337,931) Dreamside Interactive
Welcome to ParadiZe older $29.99 1,059 66% 32k $953k (exactly $952,782) Eko Software
Renown · EA $24.99 1,128 53% 34k $846k (exactly $845,662) RDBK Studios
Beyond the Map · EA $19.99 764 77% 23k $458k (exactly $458,171) Glitch Goblins
Allumeria · EA $11.99 517 92% 16k $186k (exactly $185,965) Infinimelon
Din's Champion $19.99 160 85% 4.8k $96k (exactly $95,952) Soldak Entertainment
MIGLORN $9.99 54 68% 1.6k $16k (exactly $16,184) WuzzyWizard
ExoTrain · EA $14.99 24 75% 720 $11k (exactly $10,793) Harpoon Games
Fallen Angel: Hell Survival $19.99 15 86% 450 $9.0k (exactly $8,996) Strongfinger
Pixplorer $9.99 17 29% 510 $5.1k (exactly $5,095) whiax
UNSEEN LAND: INTO THE MIST · EA $13.99 12 41% 360 $5.0k (exactly $5,036) NetOps Inc.
Ancient the Dimensions · EA $14.99 11 9% 330 $4.9k (exactly $4,947) HEADSTONE STUDIO

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