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Should I ship a Thriller Hunting game?
Hunting + Thriller
Only 12 developers shipped a Thriller Hunting 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, Deathground, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,014) |
| Top 5% | $394k (exactly $394,387) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 25 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Hunting
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 2,268 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Deathground 2025 · EA · $394k 
The Lightkeeper 2025 · $259k 
Shadows Peak 2017 · $89k 
Noch 2023 · $76k 
BLOOD MALL: RETAPED 2026 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Deathground | · EA | $14.99 | 877 61% | 26k | $394k (exactly $394,387) | Jaw Drop Games |
| | The Lightkeeper | $7.99 | 1,081 81% | 32k | $259k (exactly $259,116) | Darkphobia Games | |
| | Shadows Peak | older | $9.99 | 297 70% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,011) | Gua |
| | Noch | older | $9.99 | 252 78% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,524) | Fair Games Studio, Noostyche |
| | BLOOD MALL: RETAPED | $1.99 | 285 94% | 8.6k | $17k (exactly $17,014) | Ollie Hall | |
 | Full Quiet | older | $9.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $9.3k (exactly $9,291) | Retrotainment Games |
 | Search 4 Bigfoot | · EA older | $3.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | BefuddleBug |
 | Escape Island | · EA older | $6.99 | 9 11% | 270 | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) | Fika Game Studio |
 | Beastmaster | older | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | 鱼鱼游戏 |
 | Zovid27: The Last Vaccine | · EA | $5.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Lupora Interactive |
 | The Final Shuffle | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | KaashFusionStudio | |
 | The Kitchen Knife | $4.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | One Hand Studio | |
 | Cursed Hours | $2.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Prathamesh Naik | |
 | Dinosaur Zoo VR : Dinosaur Hunting | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dani360_studios | |
 | Whispers of the Dead | $0.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Agoge Studios | |
 | The Hunted | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Unforgiving Worlds |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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