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Should I ship a Psychological Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Psychological
Of 442 developers who shipped a Psychological Walking Simulator 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.. 552 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $540. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 552 games are announced against 278 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Top 5% | $61k (exactly $61,222) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 442 |
| Released games | 1,036 |
| Announced | 552 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 10% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Psychological
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 55,194 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 242 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 552 games are announced against 278 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + WarFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + MusicFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
- + HorrorFair
Comparable games
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 2017 · $60M 
To the Moon 2012 · $21M 
The Stanley Parable 2013 · $18M 
Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga 2024 · $14M 
Mouthwashing 2024 · $13M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | older | $29.99 | 66,788 90% | 2.0M | $60M (exactly $60,089,164) | Ninja Theory |
| | To the Moon | older | $9.99 | 69,549 95% | 2.1M | $21M (exactly $20,843,835) | Freebird Games |
| | The Stanley Parable | older | $14.99 | 40,292 92% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,119,312) | Galactic Cafe |
| | Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga | older | $49.99 | 9,381 86% | 281k | $14M (exactly $14,068,686) | Ninja Theory |
| | Mouthwashing | $12.99 | 34,353 95% | 1.0M | $13M (exactly $13,387,364) | Wrong Organ | |
 | The Medium | older | $49.99 | 7,485 88% | 225k | $11M (exactly $11,225,254) | Bloober Team |
 | Before Your Eyes | older | $9.99 | 21,236 97% | 637k | $6.4M (exactly $6,364,429) | GoodbyeWorld Games, Nice Dream |
 | The Beginner's Guide | older | $9.99 | 19,902 88% | 597k | $6.0M (exactly $5,964,629) | Everything Unlimited Ltd. |
 | Blair Witch | older | $29.99 | 6,489 78% | 195k | $5.8M (exactly $5,838,153) | Bloober Team SA |
 | INDIKA | older | $24.99 | 7,034 89% | 211k | $5.3M (exactly $5,273,390) | Odd Meter |
 | KARMA: The Dark World | $24.99 | 3,963 90% | 119k | $3.0M (exactly $2,971,061) | POLLARD STUDIO LLC | |
 | Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek | $7.99 | 7,141 75% | 214k | $1.7M (exactly $1,711,698) | Rayll | |
 | Luto | $19.99 | 1,225 85% | 37k | $735k (exactly $734,632) | Broken Bird Games | |
 | One-Eyed Likho | $19.99 | 1,155 93% | 35k | $693k (exactly $692,654) | Morteshka | |
 | Amenti | $6.99 | 2,184 80% | 66k | $458k (exactly $457,985) | Darkphobia Games | |
 | While We Wait Here | $4.99 | 2,344 89% | 70k | $351k (exactly $350,897) | Bad Vices Games | |
 | Dead Take | $14.99 | 752 87% | 23k | $338k (exactly $338,174) | Surgent Studios | |
 | Don't Play This | $8.99 | 996 85% | 30k | $269k (exactly $268,621) | Admia, a1esska, Notex | |
 | The Lightkeeper | $7.99 | 1,081 81% | 32k | $259k (exactly $259,116) | Darkphobia Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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