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Should I ship a Mythological Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Mythology
Of 28 developers who shipped a Mythological Survival Horror 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.. 60 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $650k, ×1046 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 60 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,211) |
| Top 5% | $657k (exactly $656,815) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 60 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 75% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 4,855 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 60 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different setting or mood, 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: House of Ashes 2021 · $6.6M 
Bramble: The Mountain King 2023 · $5.9M 
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope 2020 · $4.3M 
Labyrinth Of The Demon King 2025 · $1.3M 
Apsulov: End of Gods 2019 · $905k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | older | $29.99 | 7,360 89% | 221k | $6.6M (exactly $6,621,792) | Supermassive Games |
| | Bramble: The Mountain King | older | $29.99 | 6,512 94% | 195k | $5.9M (exactly $5,858,846) | Dimfrost Studio |
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | older | $19.99 | 7,202 74% | 216k | $4.3M (exactly $4,319,039) | Supermassive Games |
| | Labyrinth Of The Demon King | $19.99 | 2,116 92% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,268,965) | J. R. Hudepohl | |
| | Apsulov: End of Gods | older | $19.99 | 1,509 86% | 45k | $905k (exactly $904,947) | Angry Demon Studio |
 | Through the Woods | older | $19.99 | 1,183 71% | 35k | $709k (exactly $709,445) | Antagonist |
 | Folklore Hunter | $17.99 | 1,217 75% | 37k | $657k (exactly $656,815) | Liquid Donkey Games | |
 | Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn | older | $14.99 | 1,437 82% | 43k | $646k (exactly $646,219) | Angry Demon Studio |
 | UMIGARI | ウミガリ | $12.99 | 1,029 82% | 31k | $401k (exactly $401,001) | Chilla's Art | |
 | MetaPhysical | older | $14.99 | 288 83% | 8.6k | $130k (exactly $129,514) | Paper Promises Programming |
 | Death Relives | $12.99 | 196 81% | 5.9k | $76k (exactly $76,381) | Nyctophile Studios | |
 | Temple of the Green Moon | $14.99 | 94 75% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $42,272) | OLKON GAMES | |
 | Fragile Reflection | $12.99 | 65 73% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $25,330) | Spectra team | |
 | Vasilisa | $6.99 | 63 74% | 1.9k | $13k (exactly $13,211) | Steppe Hare Studio | |
 | Kindawn: The Parish Remembers | $9.99 | 26 80% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | ArchReality | |
 | Code Alkonost: Awakening of Evil | $15.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $6.2k (exactly $6,236) | Alkonost Team | |
 | Shizuoka Curse | 静岡の呪い | $3.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $4.3k (exactly $4,309) | KM Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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