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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Psychological Horror
Only 17 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Party-Based RPG 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, The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 51 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $350k, ×567 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 51 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) |
| Top 5% | $356k (exactly $355,861) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 51 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Psychological Horror
- 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
- Party-Based RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,962 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 51 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
OMORI 2020 · $48M 
LISA: The Painful 2014 · $7.9M 
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina 2022 · $5.1M 
In Stars And Time 2023 · $4.7M 
Hylics 2 2020 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | OMORI | older | $19.99 | 79,836 97% | 2.4M | $48M (exactly $47,877,649) | OMOCAT, LLC |
| | LISA: The Painful | older | $19.99 | 13,129 95% | 394k | $7.9M (exactly $7,873,461) | Dingaling Productions |
| | Fear & Hunger 2: Termina | older | $11.99 | 14,232 97% | 427k | $5.1M (exactly $5,119,250) | Miro Haverinen |
| | In Stars And Time | older | $19.99 | 7,835 97% | 235k | $4.7M (exactly $4,698,650) | insertdisc5 |
| | Hylics 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,158 96% | 95k | $1.4M (exactly $1,420,153) | Mason Lindroth |
 | Cryptmaster | older | $24.99 | 1,671 94% | 50k | $1.3M (exactly $1,252,749) | Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games |
 | THE 4 SINS | older | $9.99 | 3,377 23% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,087) | 奇门互娱 |
 | LiEat | older | $2.99 | 4,036 96% | 121k | $362k (exactly $362,029) | △○□× (Miwashiba) |
 | The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots | · EA | $6.99 | 1,697 72% | 51k | $356k (exactly $355,861) | 0x0Real Studio |
 | Knuckle Sandwich | older | $19.99 | 517 86% | 16k | $310k (exactly $310,045) | Andy Brophy |
 | Cairn: Mathair's Curse | $19.99 | 48 89% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Ross McRitchie | |
 | SkullX: Aibohphobia | $9.99 | 76 90% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | SkullX, DSTRCT Creatives | |
 | GhostCatcher | · EA | $8.99 | 45 51% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | SilverLuna Rift |
 | STARWEAVE | $4.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Studio Starweave | |
 | Mythic Mire | $9.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | resnijars | |
 | Depth of Mind | $5.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | FunB4nan | |
 | Keep It Running: Together | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | EvilDraggie, Evil Turtle Productions | |
 | NeverHome Ch.2 - Tower of Vanity | $2.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | Shadow Gengis | |
 | Crimson Moon | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Spear Soft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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