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Should I ship a Party Game Survival game?
Survival + Party Game
Of 55 developers who shipped a Party Game Survival game 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.. 135 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $160; 1 in 20 cleared $52k, ×83 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 135 games are announced against 50 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $158 (exactly $158) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,490) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $52,322) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 55 |
| Released games | 95 |
| Announced | 135 |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 900% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Survival
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Party Game
- 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
- Survival, Party Game; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Action, PvP
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 6,805 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $160. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 135 games are announced against 50 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IncrementalFair
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- + Martial ArtsLong shot
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Comparable games
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
Kill It With Fire 2020 · $1.6M 
First Class Trouble 2021 · $1.4M 
Feign 2025 · $789k 
Among Us 3D: VR 2022 · $734k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | Kill It With Fire | older | $12.99 | 4,036 95% | 121k | $1.6M (exactly $1,572,829) | Casey Donnellan Games LLC |
| | First Class Trouble | older | $14.99 | 3,103 79% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,395,419) | Invisible Walls |
| | Feign | $4.99 | 5,270 91% | 158k | $789k (exactly $788,919) | Teneke Kafalar | |
| | Among Us 3D: VR | older | $9.99 | 2,449 75% | 73k | $734k (exactly $733,965) | Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy |
 | West Hunt | older | $9.99 | 1,522 84% | 46k | $456k (exactly $456,143) | NewGen |
 | WE ARE SO DEAD | · EA | $7.99 | 672 73% | 20k | $161k (exactly $161,078) | REAL PLAYERS |
 | The Matriarch | older | $4.99 | 724 75% | 22k | $108k (exactly $108,383) | Chewa |
 | Deducto 2 | older | $4.99 | 450 91% | 14k | $67k (exactly $67,365) | Red Fox Studios |
 | WISE GUYS | · EA | $8.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $52k (exactly $52,322) | StonieDude |
 | Deadly Trick | · EA | $8.99 | 141 95% | 4.2k | $38k (exactly $38,028) | Finalblow Co. |
 | Moo Who? | $6.99 | 174 66% | 5.2k | $36k (exactly $36,488) | SAT Productions | |
 | PRITTO PRISONER | $9.99 | 77 93% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,077) | PinCool | |
 | Villainy | $7.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Studio Rend | |
 | Sitting Ducks | $7.99 | 75 86% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $17,978) | The Gang Studio | |
 | Cheater's Table | · EA | $6.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Lagari |
 | OCTOPinbs | $9.99 | 45 68% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | tri-Ace, Lasengle Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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