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Should I ship a Zombie Logic game?
Logic + Zombies
Of 24 developers who shipped a Zombie Logic 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.. 21 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×160 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $720 (exactly $720) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,543) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action-Adventure, Adventure, Puzzle
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Cute, Minimalist
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 1,059 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LovecraftianFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + NoirFair
- + HackingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + DragonsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
- + CookingFair
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Post Trauma 2025 · $258k 
ACTION SANDBOX 2022 · $236k 
The Last FARMER 2024 · $101k 
Family curse 2023 · $47k 
Spooky Express 2025 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Post Trauma | $14.99 | 574 72% | 17k | $258k (exactly $258,128) | RED SOUL GAMES | |
| | ACTION SANDBOX | older | $9.99 | 787 73% | 24k | $236k (exactly $235,864) | Vona Soft |
| | The Last FARMER | $12.99 | 258 56% | 7.7k | $101k (exactly $100,543) | Geekon | |
| | Family curse | older | $6.99 | 222 90% | 6.7k | $47k (exactly $46,553) | Stork Game |
| | Spooky Express | $14.99 | 80 98% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | Draknek and Friends | |
 | Save Room - The Merchant | older | $2.99 | 220 69% | 6.6k | $20k (exactly $19,734) | Fractal Projects |
 | Night Grove | older | $3.99 | 148 72% | 4.4k | $18k (exactly $17,716) | Admia |
 | Paranormal place | older | $6.99 | 59 59% | 1.8k | $12k (exactly $12,372) | ASK GAMES |
 | Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) | · EA | $7.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | Raclette Games |
 | Adam's Forgotten Secrets | older | $9.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Dark Ocean Games Studios |
 | Mycelium Heaven | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | 3DGoblinDev | |
 | Zombies and Orcs | $9.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Sofie: The Echoes™ | $4.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Working Game Studio Ltd. | |
 | Incredible Dracula: Academy of Shadows | $6.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Game Mixer | |
 | Incredible Dracula: License to Relax | $6.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Game Mixer | |
 | 4番線 | Platform 4 | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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