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Should I ship a Minigames Survival game?
Survival + Minigames
Only 10 developers shipped a Minigames Survival 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, Among Us 3D, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×4.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $910k, ×1458 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,094) |
| Top 5% | $916k (exactly $915,883) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, 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
- Survival, Minigames
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 84% positive over 8,460 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Survival with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
First Class Trouble 2021 · $1.4M 
Among Us 3D 2025 · $916k 
Feign 2025 · $789k 
Among Us 3D: VR 2022 · $734k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | First Class Trouble | older | $14.99 | 3,103 79% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,395,419) | Invisible Walls |
| | Among Us 3D | $9.99 | 3,056 72% | 92k | $916k (exactly $915,883) | Schell Games, Innersloth | |
| | Feign | $4.99 | 5,270 91% | 158k | $789k (exactly $788,919) | Teneke Kafalar | |
| | Among Us 3D: VR | older | $9.99 | 2,449 75% | 73k | $734k (exactly $733,965) | Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy |
 | Creature Crafter | older | $7.99 | 745 86% | 22k | $179k (exactly $178,576) | Daniel Lochner |
 | myPOPGOES | older | $4.99 | 752 86% | 23k | $113k (exactly $112,574) | Kane Carter |
 | Deducto 2 | older | $4.99 | 450 91% | 14k | $67k (exactly $67,365) | Red Fox Studios |
 | Venge | older | $4.99 | 374 91% | 11k | $56k (exactly $55,988) | Costek Games |
 | Among Waifus 18+ | older | $6.99 | 241 58% | 7.2k | $51k (exactly $50,538) | Romantic Room |
 | Villainy | $7.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Studio Rend | |
 | Ritual Night | · EA | $4.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Outfox Games |
 | Casino Casualty | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | GlitchedLizard | |
 | GoodGod | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Malte Lehmann | |
 | Mini Games: 30 in 1 - Unpacking Hyper-Casual Fun Challenges | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Aleksa Racovic | |
 | Laur's Small Game | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | iTzMeLaur | |
 | Trivia Murder Party 3 | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
 | Qwerty's Quickies | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Devious Slime Drops |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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