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Should I ship a Nature Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Nature
Of 53 developers who shipped a Nature 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.. 106 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $86k, ×138 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 106 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) |
| Top 5% | $87k (exactly $86,602) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 53 |
| Released games | 120 |
| Announced | 106 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 65% more 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.
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Survival
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 7,383 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 106 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 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
Gorilla Tag 2023 · $32M 
Funnel Runners 2026 · EA · $1.3M 
GONE Fishing 2025 · EA · $904k 
Through the Woods 2016 · $709k 
Miasmata 2012 · $478k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gorilla Tag | older | $19.99 | 52,637 93% | 1.6M | $32M (exactly $31,566,409) | Another Axiom Inc. |
| | Funnel Runners | · EA | $14.99 | 2,941 83% | 88k | $1.3M (exactly $1,322,568) | Supernova Studios LLC |
| | GONE Fishing | · EA | $9.99 | 3,016 90% | 90k | $904k (exactly $903,895) | GONE Studios |
| | Through the Woods | older | $19.99 | 1,183 71% | 35k | $709k (exactly $709,445) | Antagonist |
| | Miasmata | older | $14.99 | 1,064 76% | 32k | $478k (exactly $478,481) | IonFx |
 | Eden Island | older | $14.99 | 232 58% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | Moon Studio |
 | Hachishakusama | 八尺様がいた夏休み | $7.44 | 388 94% | 12k | $87k (exactly $86,602) | Fukachi World | |
 | The Pale Mimic | $7.99 | 345 86% | 10k | $83k (exactly $82,696) | Dark Snow Games | |
 | They Breathe | older | $1.99 | 972 87% | 29k | $58k (exactly $58,028) | The Working Parts |
 | Amok Runner | older | $9.99 | 185 60% | 5.6k | $55k (exactly $55,444) | Gamedeus |
 | Paradise: Musubi | $14.99 | 73 98% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $32,828) | PIL/SLASH | |
 | 5 NIGHTS AT BOBR KURWA | $2.99 | 324 93% | 9.7k | $29k (exactly $29,063) | Team GZ | |
 | Dreadline: Net Quota | $5.99 | 154 68% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | Mana Brigade | |
 | Ice Age | · EA | $9.99 | 50 56% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Sabertooth Studio |
 | Veil of Mist | $5.99 | 43 55% | 1.3k | $7.7k (exactly $7,727) | Ember Wing Games | |
 | Gordy | $3.99 | 49 89% | 1.5k | $5.9k (exactly $5,865) | MyGrandfather Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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