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Should I ship a Party Game Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + Party Game

Of 24 developers who shipped a Party Game Survival Horror 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.. 67 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $70k, ×112 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 67 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 67 announced, ×3.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + Party Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 24
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $4.0k → $537 → $1.6k (still earning) → $449 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + Party Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 24
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $1.3k (exactly $1,258)
Top 25% $5.4k (exactly $5,433)
Top 5% $71k (exactly $70,536)
Developers, 2 yr 24
Released games 35
Announced 67
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 65% on the market, supply 600% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Survival Horror
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Party Game
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Survival Horror, Party Game; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Action, Exploration
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, First-Person, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 73% positive over 1,155 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $1.3k, 1 in 4 over $5.4k, 1 in 20 over $70k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 67 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Survival Horror with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVFair13 devs · median $31k · 14 announced
  2. + DrivingFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  3. + Tower DefenseFair14 devs · median $1.9k · 16 announced
  4. + IncrementalFair16 devs · median $1.6k · 19 announced
  5. + SnowFair17 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  6. + SportsFair5 devs · median $959 · 3 announced
  7. + Outbreak SimFair22 devs · median $958 · 24 announced
  8. + 3D PlatformerFair111 devs · median $539 · 104 announced
  9. + Boomer ShooterFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  10. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds10 devs · median $64k · 42 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $52k · 21 announced
  12. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds8 devs · median $52k · 12 announced

All 159 pairs on the Survival Horror page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Kill It With Fire 2020 · $1.6M WE ARE SO DEAD 2026 · EA · $161k Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC 2025 · $71k Mimicry 2022 · $37k Vasilisa 2026 · $13k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Kill It With Fire older $12.99 4,036 95% 121k $1.6M (exactly $1,572,829) Casey Donnellan Games LLC
WE ARE SO DEAD · EA $7.99 672 73% 20k $161k (exactly $161,078) REAL PLAYERS
Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC $12.99 181 95% 5.4k $71k (exactly $70,536) German Bandera
Mimicry older $4.99 248 78% 7.4k $37k (exactly $37,126) Euphoria Games
Vasilisa $6.99 63 74% 1.9k $13k (exactly $13,211) Steppe Hare Studio
SCREAM NOTE $7.99 35 2% 1.1k $8.4k (exactly $8,390) REAL PLAYERS
DON`T PEEK $5.99 38 65% 1.1k $6.8k (exactly $6,829) SL Entertainment
Zombie Within older $9.99 21 66% 630 $6.3k (exactly $6,294) NewGen
Backrooms: No Escape · EA $6.99 27 44% 810 $5.7k (exactly $5,662) GameLabyrinth
Idiom Royale $1.99 91 63% 2.7k $5.4k (exactly $5,433) NyxWorks
GHOSTFLIPPERS $14.99 12 58% 360 $5.4k (exactly $5,396) TheDevLeo
Ritual Night · EA $4.99 27 85% 810 $4.0k (exactly $4,042) Outfox Games
Backrooms: Multiverse · EA $10.00 9 77% 270 $2.7k (exactly $2,700) Misconcepter

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.