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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Local Multiplayer
Only 14 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer 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, Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 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 $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $70k, ×112 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) |
| Top 5% | $71k (exactly $70,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- 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
- Survival Horror, Local Multiplayer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Gore
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 364 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVFair
- + DrivingFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + SnowFair
- + SportsFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
Comparable games
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan 2019 · $5.5M 
Contagion 2013 · $3.0M 
Backrooms Rec. 2024 · EA · $384k 
Sign of Silence 2020 · $268k 
Lakeview Cabin 2 2023 · $227k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan | older | $19.99 | 9,244 76% | 277k | $5.5M (exactly $5,543,627) | Supermassive Games |
| | Contagion | older | $9.99 | 10,042 75% | 301k | $3.0M (exactly $3,009,587) | Monochrome, Inc |
| | Backrooms Rec. | · EA older | $6.99 | 1,830 68% | 55k | $384k (exactly $383,751) | Liminal Logic |
| | Sign of Silence | older | $4.99 | 1,787 52% | 54k | $268k (exactly $267,514) | Renderise |
| | Lakeview Cabin 2 | older | $13.99 | 542 96% | 16k | $227k (exactly $227,477) | Roope Tamminen |
 | Ogre | older | $24.99 | 223 66% | 6.7k | $167k (exactly $167,183) | Auroch Digital |
 | PATHOGEN X | older | $9.99 | 255 81% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | BraveCat'Studios |
 | Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC | $12.99 | 181 95% | 5.4k | $71k (exactly $70,536) | German Bandera | |
 | Among Ass | older | $4.99 | 378 80% | 11k | $57k (exactly $56,587) | Volens Nolens Games |
 | Endgame: Road To Salvation | · EA older | $11.99 | 156 97% | 4.7k | $56k (exactly $56,113) | Indie/Anon Games |
 | THE WALLWAY | · EA | $9.99 | 35 5% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Daniel Seman |
 | Soviet Survival | · EA | $4.99 | 68 75% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Hunt Studio |
 | Zombies Attack | $4.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Liao Kai, LKK GAME | |
 | Try 2 Sleep | $2.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $1.7k (exactly $1,704) | Exotical Corp. | |
 | Backrooms Escape Protocol | · EA | $2.99 | 15 13% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Alarm Studio |
 | Wendigo Land : Survive The Legend | · EA | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Apinat Studios |
 | Grave Stakes | · EA | $2.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Wild West Games |
 | Final Exit | $4.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | MohaDev | |
 | Somnum | $7.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | CryDream |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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