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Should I ship a Horror Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Horror
Of 43 developers who shipped a Horror Party-Based RPG 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.. 72 more are announced, ×4.0 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 $360; 1 in 20 cleared $83k, ×134 the market median. Revenue is up 440% on the market; 72 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) |
| Top 5% | $84k (exactly $83,895) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 102 |
| Announced | 72 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 440% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Horror
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Turn-Based Combat, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 2,509 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. Nearly all of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 72 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
OMORI 2020 · $48M 
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ 2021 · $9.6M 
LISA: The Painful 2014 · $7.9M 
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina 2022 · $5.1M 
SKALD: Against the Black Priory 2024 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | OMORI | older | $19.99 | 79,836 97% | 2.4M | $48M (exactly $47,877,649) | OMOCAT, LLC |
| | Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ | older | $29.99 | 10,623 88% | 319k | $9.6M (exactly $9,557,513) | Airship Syndicate |
| | LISA: The Painful | older | $19.99 | 13,129 95% | 394k | $7.9M (exactly $7,873,461) | Dingaling Productions |
| | Fear & Hunger 2: Termina | older | $11.99 | 14,232 97% | 427k | $5.1M (exactly $5,119,250) | Miro Haverinen |
| | SKALD: Against the Black Priory | older | $14.99 | 3,325 93% | 100k | $1.5M (exactly $1,495,252) | High North Studios AS |
 | Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones | older | $19.99 | 1,804 66% | 54k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,859) | Cultic Games |
 | THE 4 SINS | older | $9.99 | 3,377 23% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,087) | 奇门互娱 |
 | Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG | older | $17.99 | 1,154 75% | 35k | $623k (exactly $622,814) | Silent Dreams |
 | Mary Skelter: Nightmares | older | $24.99 | 541 82% | 16k | $406k (exactly $405,588) | Idea Factory |
 | Deathbound | older | $29.99 | 216 68% | 6.5k | $194k (exactly $194,335) | Trialforge Studio |
 | Shards of Order | $9.99 | 578 90% | 17k | $173k (exactly $173,227) | Fardust | |
 | THYSIASTERY | $17.49 | 309 80% | 9.3k | $162k (exactly $162,132) | DIRGA | |
 | Miseria | $7.99 | 350 58% | 11k | $84k (exactly $83,895) | Somnambulist Games | |
 | Chained in the Backrooms | · EA | $2.99 | 933 68% | 28k | $84k (exactly $83,690) | Task+ Studios |
 | Cairn: Mathair's Curse | $19.99 | 48 89% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Ross McRitchie | |
 | Vessel | $6.99 | 116 17% | 3.5k | $24k (exactly $24,325) | OJStudio | |
 | RAVENSBURG | $14.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Lilian Duleroux | |
 | Werewolf Party | $7.99 | 56 89% | 1.7k | $13k (exactly $13,423) | Absam Studios | |
 | Board Game Society | $14.99 | 29 62% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Jetebra Games | |
 | GhostCatcher | · EA | $8.99 | 45 51% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | SilverLuna Rift |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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