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Should I ship a Noir Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Noir
Of 27 developers who shipped a Noir 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.. 54 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×303 the market median. Revenue is up 330% on the market; 54 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $598 (exactly $598) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,588) |
| Top 5% | $190k (exactly $190,105) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 90 |
| Announced | 54 |
| 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 up 330% on the market, supply 10% more developers than 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
- Noir
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Psychedelic, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,323 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 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
Alone in the Dark 2024 · $4.0M 
Endoparasitic 2022 · $878k 
Final Sentence 2026 · $328k 
Withering Realms 2026 · EA · $190k 
KINGDOM of the DEAD 2022 · $148k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Alone in the Dark | older | $39.99 | 3,325 77% | 100k | $4.0M (exactly $3,989,002) | Pieces Interactive |
| | Endoparasitic | older | $9.99 | 2,928 93% | 88k | $878k (exactly $877,522) | Miziziziz |
| | Final Sentence | $9.99 | 1,095 84% | 33k | $328k (exactly $328,172) | Button Mash | |
| | Withering Realms | · EA | $19.99 | 317 95% | 9.5k | $190k (exactly $190,105) | Moonless Formless |
| | KINGDOM of the DEAD | older | $14.99 | 329 78% | 9.9k | $148k (exactly $147,951) | DIRIGO GAMES |
 | White Night | older | $14.99 | 305 74% | 9.2k | $137k (exactly $137,158) | OSome Studio |
 | Dread X Collection 5 | older | $9.99 | 251 81% | 7.5k | $75k (exactly $75,225) | Christopher Yabsley, Stroboskop, Viscer… (Christopher Yabsley, Stroboskop, VisceralError, Nikk F., FYRE Games, Roope Tamminen, Shakles, Darkstone Digital, Philisophic Games, Colorfiction, iwilliams, Matt Reeves, Abbey 'Scruncho' Smith) |
 | Hariti | $6.99 | 318 88% | 9.5k | $67k (exactly $66,685) | Ghostcase | |
 | Dollhouse | older | $14.99 | 140 50% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,958) | Creazn Studio |
 | This is the Zodiac Speaking | older | $19.99 | 77 57% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | Punch Punk Games |
 | BrokenLore: DON’T LIE | $15.99 | 74 86% | 2.2k | $35k (exactly $35,498) | Serafini Productions | |
 | Mycopsychosys: Remastered | $4.99 | 231 97% | 6.9k | $35k (exactly $34,581) | DeltaCat Studio | |
 | Death Frame | $14.99 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | EpiXR Games UG | |
 | Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire | $19.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Schell Games | |
 | Cling to Blindness | $5.99 | 130 78% | 3.9k | $23k (exactly $23,361) | Lizardry | |
 | 规则：醒来之后，请别叫我 | $44.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $13k (exactly $13,497) | 后希 | |
 | Operator8 | $6.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,485) | Aligned Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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