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Should I ship a JRPG Survival Horror?
JRPG + Survival Horror
Only 13 developers shipped a JRPG Survival Horror 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, House of Necrosis, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×333 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 25% | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) |
| Top 5% | $209k (exactly $208,986) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 70% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- JRPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Survival Horror; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Investigation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Top-Down, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 963 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Mystery DungeonStrong odds
- + NinjaFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina 2022 · $5.1M 
Fear & Hunger 2019 · $5.0M 
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse 2023 · $2.4M 
The Test 2020 · $1.2M 
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning 2019 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fear & Hunger 2: Termina | older | $11.99 | 14,232 97% | 427k | $5.1M (exactly $5,119,250) | Miro Haverinen |
| | Fear & Hunger | older | $7.99 | 20,881 94% | 626k | $5.0M (exactly $5,005,176) | Miro Haverinen |
| | FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse | older | $49.99 | 1,597 89% | 48k | $2.4M (exactly $2,395,021) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | The Test | older | $1.99 | 19,599 96% | 588k | $1.2M (exactly $1,170,060) | Randumb Studios |
| | Zanki Zero: Last Beginning | older | $59.99 | 650 77% | 20k | $1.2M (exactly $1,169,805) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
 | Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩 | older | $18.99 | 853 87% | 26k | $486k (exactly $485,954) | Space Onigiri Game LLC |
 | Yomawari: Lost in the Dark | older | $39.99 | 339 86% | 10k | $407k (exactly $406,698) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. |
 | Aooni | older | $9.99 | 929 77% | 28k | $278k (exactly $278,421) | Game Studio Inc. |
 | Corpse Party: Book of Shadows | older | $14.99 | 480 85% | 14k | $216k (exactly $215,856) | MAGES. Inc., 5pb. |
 | House of Necrosis | $11.99 | 581 94% | 17k | $209k (exactly $208,986) | Warkus | |
 | Lustful Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 267 49% | 8.0k | $80k (exactly $80,020) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Deluge | $9.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $9.3k (exactly $9,291) | Riggy2k3 | |
 | Mind Control: Bloody Renaissance | $9.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | BYYONI Entertainment | |
 | The end of paradise | $7.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | The Salty Trio | |
 | Drealegy | $10.00 | 14 64% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,200) | ArcWillow | |
 | Dreaming on the last light 人偶馆绮幻夜 | $12.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Everlasting游戏制作组 | |
 | Void Foundation: Into The Void | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | #30A6D-S (Kuma) | |
 | Re:Echo | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | f8game.studio | |
 | Crimson Moon | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Spear Soft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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