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Should I ship a Precision Platformer Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + Precision Platformer

Only 14 developers shipped a Precision Platformer 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.. 10 more are announced.

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

The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $6.8M, ×10840 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 10 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 50% on the market, 10 announced, ×1.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 14
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.5k → $898 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 14
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $898 (exactly $898)
Top 25% $2.5k (exactly $2,516)
Top 5% $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553)
Developers, 2 yr 14
Released games 27
Announced 10
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.49

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 80% 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
Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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, Precision Platformer
Price point
$5.49 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 98% positive over 13,443 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $900, 1 in 4 over $2.5k, 1 in 20 over $6.8M.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

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

White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M A Difficult Game About Climbing 2024 · $1.6M Space Kettle 2021 · $6.1k Mighty Fling 2020 · $5.4k Aya's Journey 2017 · $3.0k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
White Knuckle · EA $16.99 13,356 98% 401k $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) Dark Machine Games
A Difficult Game About Climbing older $9.99 5,399 87% 162k $1.6M (exactly $1,618,080) Pontypants
Space Kettle older $4.99 41 85% 1.2k $6.1k (exactly $6,138) Legacy Games
Mighty Fling older $2.99 60 85% 1.8k $5.4k (exactly $5,382) Hollow Art Studios
Aya's Journey older $2.99 33 39% 990 $3.0k (exactly $2,960) Boogygames Studios
Ropebound $4.99 19 94% 570 $2.8k (exactly $2,844) Bubbling Cat Games
Trap Trek: Ultimate Other Me older $5.99 15 86% 450 $2.7k (exactly $2,696) NanaharaSTUDIO
THE DARUMA CHALLENGE $5.99 14 100% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) Mūn Mūn Games
Ropeman $5.99 14 100% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) 1K Project
Vaulting Over It $9.99 8 62% 240 $2.4k (exactly $2,398) Studio Rita
Joe Adventure $4.99 16 100% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) Napless Interactive
Down the Dungeon $5.99 5 80% 150 $898 (exactly $898) formless
Nightmarise $3.99 6 100% 180 $718 (exactly $718) TripleDucks Studio
Sugar Orbit $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) INDIE-SQUID
Walking Survival $2.99 3 66% 90 $269 (exactly $269) Randomkey Inc., mttsus

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