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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Hunting game?
Hunting + Psychological Horror
Of 23 developers who shipped a Psychological-Horror Hunting 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.. 39 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×639 the market median. Revenue is up 150% on the market; 39 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,731) |
| Top 5% | $401k (exactly $401,001) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 150% on the market, supply 30% 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.
- Hunting
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Survival Horror, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 5,936 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Witch Hunt 2018 · $687k 
Folklore Hunter 2026 · $657k 
Squirrel Stapler 2023 · $494k 
UMIGARI | ウミガリ 2026 · $401k 
Deathground 2025 · EA · $394k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Witch Hunt | older | $9.99 | 2,291 88% | 69k | $687k (exactly $686,613) | Gua |
| | Folklore Hunter | $17.99 | 1,217 75% | 37k | $657k (exactly $656,815) | Liquid Donkey Games | |
| | Squirrel Stapler | older | $7.99 | 2,062 96% | 62k | $494k (exactly $494,261) | David Szymanski |
| | UMIGARI | ウミガリ | $12.99 | 1,029 82% | 31k | $401k (exactly $401,001) | Chilla's Art | |
| | Deathground | · EA | $14.99 | 877 61% | 26k | $394k (exactly $394,387) | Jaw Drop Games |
 | Paranoia Place: Escape Together | $7.99 | 1,555 87% | 47k | $373k (exactly $372,734) | Bloody Pixel Games | |
 | The Lightkeeper | $7.99 | 1,081 81% | 32k | $259k (exactly $259,116) | Darkphobia Games | |
 | Dinosaur Hunt | older | $0.99 | 3,382 67% | 101k | $100k (exactly $100,445) | Racing Bros |
 | Shadows Peak | older | $9.99 | 297 70% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,011) | Gua |
 | The Goatman | older | $4.99 | 360 68% | 11k | $54k (exactly $53,892) | MC Games |
 | Don't Freeze: A Winter Card Survival | · EA | $17.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $17k (exactly $16,731) | YOLO35GAMES |
 | The Rake | $9.99 | 48 56% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,386) | Kanoleiro | |
 | Huntin' Buddies | $7.99 | 52 76% | 1.6k | $12k (exactly $12,464) | Huntin' Buddies Wildlife Management | |
 | Raccoon on a boat | $5.99 | 33 60% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | PUMPKIM | |
 | Goo Deer | $14.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | VML Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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