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Outbreak Sim + Walking Simulator
Only 11 developers shipped an Outbreak Sim Walking Simulator 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, MOLDRISE, 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: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) |
| Top 5% | $175k (exactly $174,814) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Outbreak Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Outbreak Sim, Walking Simulator
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Outbreak Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Life SimPoor odds
- + Time ManagementPoor odds
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Comparable games
ZED ZONE 2023 · EA · $1.3M 
MOLDRISE 2026 · $175k 
SLEEP AWAKE 2025 · $148k 
Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game 2024 · $36k 
The Backrooms Project 2022 · EA · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ZED ZONE | · EA older | $11.99 | 3,506 81% | 105k | $1.3M (exactly $1,261,108) | Leven Liu |
| | MOLDRISE | $11.99 | 486 96% | 15k | $175k (exactly $174,814) | Raffaele Picca | |
| | SLEEP AWAKE | $29.99 | 164 71% | 4.9k | $148k (exactly $147,551) | EYES OUT, LLC. | |
| | Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game | older | $12.99 | 93 91% | 2.8k | $36k (exactly $36,242) | Steelkrill Studio |
| | The Backrooms Project | · EA older | $9.99 | 106 63% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $31,768) | 3AM Studios |
 | The Backrooms Footage | · EA older | $7.99 | 71 66% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $17,019) | Untold Backrooms Stories |
 | Last Generation: Survival | older | $19.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Furious Dogs |
 | 2番線 | Nibansen | older | $4.99 | 66 80% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | MFC STUDIO |
 | Backrooms: Partygoers | $11.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Mascot Bro Studio | |
 | 3番線 | Sanbansen | older | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA |
 | Evil World HOPSCA | $12.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | XU RENYU | |
 | Augmented Fear | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | OneFurInTheBox | |
 | Get Clucked | $2.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | ThatCarrotFella | |
 | Nude By Night | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | NX-Fusion Games | |
 | PROMIZED LAND: Outer Town 2025 | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | PotaZOM, KRAKATOA STUDIOS | |
 | Vanishing In The Island Halphéra | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Soghoxal | |
 | Gaslighters | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Of Passage |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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