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Should I ship a Parkour Survival Horror?
Parkour + Survival Horror
Only 12 developers shipped a Parkour Survival Horror 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, White Knuckle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $6.8M, ×10840 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Top 5% | $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Parkour
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, Survival Horror
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 98% positive over 13,628 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
Dying Light 2015 · $280M 
Outlast 2013 · $47M 
Outlast 2 2017 · $33M 
Gorilla Tag 2023 · $32M 
White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dying Light | older | $24.99 | 373,413 95% | 11M | $280M (exactly $279,947,726) | Techland |
| | Outlast | older | $14.99 | 104,353 96% | 3.1M | $47M (exactly $46,927,544) | Red Barrels |
| | Outlast 2 | older | $19.99 | 54,239 90% | 1.6M | $33M (exactly $32,527,128) | Red Barrels |
| | Gorilla Tag | older | $19.99 | 52,637 93% | 1.6M | $32M (exactly $31,566,409) | Another Axiom Inc. |
| | White Knuckle | · EA | $16.99 | 13,356 98% | 401k | $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) | Dark Machine Games |
 | Hello Neighbor 2 | older | $39.99 | 4,361 81% | 131k | $5.2M (exactly $5,231,892) | Eerie Guest, tinyBuild |
 | Die Young | older | $9.99 | 1,521 78% | 46k | $456k (exactly $455,844) | IndieGala |
 | Undead Citadel | older | $29.99 | 288 72% | 8.6k | $259k (exactly $259,114) | Dark Curry S.L. |
 | Scamper | older | $19.99 | 87 87% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Bezbro Games |
 | CashGrab: Refunded | · EA | $6.99 | 206 87% | 6.2k | $43k (exactly $43,198) | Grabba Guild Games LLC |
 | Malevolent Madness | $9.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | NEBULA NOVA GAMES | |
 | Throne Alone | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Phase Vault | |
 | Village of the Curse | $2.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Leakage Games | |
 | Deadly Joy | $2.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Napping Penguin | |
 | Nightmarise | $3.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | TripleDucks Studio | |
 | Urbex Nigthmare | $2.00 | 8 62% | 240 | $480 (exactly $480) | Dominique Gervais | |
 | Rooftop | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Muscle Games | |
 | Backrooms: Last Chance | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Qorinva Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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