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Should I ship an Outbreak Sim Shooter?
Shooter + Outbreak Sim
Only 17 developers shipped an Outbreak Sim Shooter 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, No More Room in Hell 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $15M, ×23961 the market median. Revenue is up 1510% on the market; 25 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $30k (exactly $29,799) |
| Top 5% | $15M (exactly $15,047,482) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 up 1510% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Outbreak Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter, Outbreak Sim; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry FPS, Looter Shooter, Survival
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 62% positive over 18,636 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
No More Room in Hell 2 2026 · $15M 
Project L33T: Founders Edition 2026 · $315k 
CURE - A Hospital Simulator 2025 · EA · $249k 
Afterinfection 2025 · $125k 
Perfect Heist 2018 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | No More Room in Hell 2 | $29.99 | 16,725 62% | 502k | $15M (exactly $15,047,482) | Torn Banner Studios | |
| | Project L33T: Founders Edition | $19.99 | 525 47% | 16k | $315k (exactly $314,842) | Targetpoint Interactive, Holmgard Games | |
| | CURE - A Hospital Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 830 86% | 25k | $249k (exactly $248,751) | Sentinel Games |
| | Afterinfection | $8.99 | 463 56% | 14k | $125k (exactly $124,871) | RePatrick21 | |
| | Perfect Heist | older | $4.99 | 398 76% | 12k | $60k (exactly $59,581) | yeswecamp |
 | Outbreak | older | $9.99 | 103 66% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Colonies of The Remnant | · EA | $13.99 | 71 7% | 2.1k | $30k (exactly $29,799) | Cat Soul Studios |
 | Zero Tolerance | older | $11.99 | 65 80% | 2.0k | $23k (exactly $23,380) | Technopop |
 | Last Generation: Survival | older | $19.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Furious Dogs |
 | Outbreak: Epidemic | older | $9.99 | 28 42% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Evil World HOPSCA | $12.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | XU RENYU | |
 | 2 Hours Later | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | SevenGHON | |
 | Wendigo Land : Survive The Legend | · EA | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Apinat Studios |
 | Creature Menace: The Ultimate Nightmare | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Blood Stain Games | |
 | PROMIZED LAND: Outer Town 2025 | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | PotaZOM, KRAKATOA STUDIOS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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