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Should I ship a Horror Sports game?
Sports + Horror
Of 21 developers who shipped a Horror Sports game 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.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 13 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,307) |
| Top 25% | $27k (exactly $27,431) |
| Top 5% | $258k (exactly $258,432) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 100 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Online Co-Op, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Comedy, Funny, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 18,117 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Le Mans Ultimate 2025 · $18M 
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions 2024 · $2.5M 
Cricket 22 2021 · $2.3M 
Ben and Ed 2015 · $1.4M 
Nine-Ball Roulette 2025 · $258k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Le Mans Ultimate | $39.99 | 15,068 79% | 452k | $18M (exactly $18,077,080) | Studio 397 | |
| | Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions | older | $29.99 | 2,790 73% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,510,163) | Unbroken Studios |
| | Cricket 22 | older | $44.99 | 1,717 81% | 52k | $2.3M (exactly $2,317,435) | Big Ant Studios |
| | Ben and Ed | older | $9.99 | 4,592 82% | 138k | $1.4M (exactly $1,376,222) | Sluggerfly |
| | Nine-Ball Roulette | $3.99 | 2,159 88% | 65k | $258k (exactly $258,432) | WaveBox Labs | |
 | House of Detention | older | $0.99 | 8,413 91% | 252k | $250k (exactly $249,866) | Aniki, Male Union ♂ |
 | The Demon Lord is New in Town! | older | $24.99 | 119 70% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Daijyobi Institute |
 | Mister Furry: Hot Muscles | older | $0.99 | 2,576 92% | 77k | $77k (exactly $76,507) | Red Six Development, Male Union |
 | Zombie Bowl-o-Rama | older | $9.99 | 218 94% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | MumboJumbo |
 | City Climber | older | $4.99 | 367 76% | 11k | $55k (exactly $54,940) | Ondrej Angelovic |
 | KUNKUN Defender 2 | $4.99 | 294 94% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $44,012) | Seal | |
 | Death by Scrolling | $7.99 | 177 77% | 5.3k | $42k (exactly $42,427) | Terrible Toybox NZ | |
 | Leftovers KO! | $9.99 | 92 66% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Mountain Man Animation | |
 | Midnight Hoops | $3.49 | 262 89% | 7.9k | $27k (exactly $27,431) | netshrub | |
 | Splash Shot Golf Legend | $19.99 | 22 54% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | TANUKIHOUSE | |
 | Maniac Path 4 | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Monster Yoga 👉👌 | $4.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | TheBigO Games | |
 | Submansion | $4.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Hrybochky studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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