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Should I ship a Horror Minigames game?
Minigames + Horror
Only 12 developers shipped a Horror Minigames 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, Among Us 3D, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.0k, ×8.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $900. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $900 (exactly $900) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,468) |
| Top 5% | $916k (exactly $915,883) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 30% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Minigames
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 3,474 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Minigames with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Strong odds
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + Life SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SandboxFair
- + RomanceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + MagicFair
- + NatureFair
Comparable games
Among Us 3D 2025 · $916k 
Among Us 3D: VR 2022 · $734k 
myPOPGOES 2024 · $113k 
SPOOKWARE 2021 · $106k 
螢幕判官 Behind the Screen 2018 · $66k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us 3D | $9.99 | 3,056 72% | 92k | $916k (exactly $915,883) | Schell Games, Innersloth | |
| | Among Us 3D: VR | older | $9.99 | 2,449 75% | 73k | $734k (exactly $733,965) | Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy |
| | myPOPGOES | older | $4.99 | 752 86% | 23k | $113k (exactly $112,574) | Kane Carter |
| | SPOOKWARE | older | $4.99 | 709 79% | 21k | $106k (exactly $106,137) | BEESWAX GAMES |
| | 螢幕判官 Behind the Screen | older | $8.99 | 246 82% | 7.4k | $66k (exactly $66,346) | 18Light Game Ltd. |
 | Venge | older | $4.99 | 374 91% | 11k | $56k (exactly $55,988) | Costek Games |
 | Path to Mnemosyne | older | $9.99 | 184 80% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $55,145) | DevilishGames |
 | SEXNATURAL: MILFs Must Be Filled 😈💦 | $14.99 | 100 84% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,970) | Juicy Peach Games 🍑 | |
 | Mimicry | older | $4.99 | 248 78% | 7.4k | $37k (exactly $37,126) | Euphoria Games |
 | Lust Night💋 | $9.99 | 105 72% | 3.2k | $31k (exactly $31,468) | Play and Cum 💦 | |
 | Ritus Exorcismus | $5.99 | 138 99% | 4.1k | $25k (exactly $24,799) | Dernhelm Games | |
 | Sklime - A Difficult Climbing Adventure | $7.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | Zankai, Zanthous | |
 | Ritual Night | · EA | $4.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Outfox Games |
 | Casino Casualty | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | GlitchedLizard | |
 | The Boo Croo | · EA | $14.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Synodic Arc |
 | A Tale Of Shadows: Fragments Part I | $29.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $900 (exactly $900) | Madwriter Games | |
 | MAZY | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Pierpiero |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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