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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Psychological Horror

Of 35 developers who shipped a Psychological-Horror Score Attack 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.. 34 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 34 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue down 30% on the market, 34 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Psychological Horror
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 35
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $4.0k → $535 → $2.0k → $719 → $179 → $210 (still earning) → $240 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Psychological Horror: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 35
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $300 (exactly $300)
Top 25% $807 (exactly $807)
Top 5% $172k (exactly $172,155)
Developers, 2 yr 35
Released games 90
Announced 34
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $3.99

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 30% on the market, supply 35% 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 high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Psychological Horror
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Physics
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D, Dark
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 94% positive over 14,305 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $300, 1 in 4 over $800, 1 in 20 over $170k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS 2024 · $18M Agreeee 2025 · $172k Kizuna AI - Touch the Beat! 2023 · $68k ‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge 2023 · $52k Touch Some Grass 2022 · $49k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS $49.99 12,178 96% 365k $18M (exactly $18,263,347) Sonic Team
Agreeee $4.99 1,150 74% 35k $172k (exactly $172,155) べすとまん
Kizuna AI - Touch the Beat! older $34.99 65 86% 2.0k $68k (exactly $68,230) Gemdrops, Inc.
‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge older $0.99 1,749 92% 52k $52k (exactly $51,945) Watashi Games
Touch Some Grass older $1.99 820 94% 25k $49k (exactly $48,954) jpm_games
Jeffrey Eggstein · EA $4.99 290 94% 8.7k $43k (exactly $43,413) Grabba Guild Games LLC
Deckline $3.99 294 86% 8.8k $35k (exactly $35,192) Room Games, KREIDPIX
Sandtrix+ older $7.99 139 92% 4.2k $33k (exactly $33,318) msky
Code Brown: A Game About Pooping older $2.99 193 89% 5.8k $17k (exactly $17,312) CreaTeam
Pretty Girls Panic! older $1.99 277 83% 8.3k $17k (exactly $16,537) Zoo Corporation
LISTEN UP! WE TRIED TO MAKE “THOSE GAMES” EVEN MORE EXTREME! SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE LEARNED THE HARD WAY! $8.99 44 65% 1.3k $12k (exactly $11,867) MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd.
Shoyu Ramen Forever $4.99 66 89% 2.0k $9.9k (exactly $9,880) POCKET HORROR BOX
Cat & Farm Pals $0.99 260 94% 7.8k $7.7k (exactly $7,722) Teneke Kafalar Spotlight
The Lost Gallery $5.99 11 100% 330 $2.0k (exactly $1,977) AlleyInn
Forgot To POO $2.99 9 100% 270 $807 (exactly $807) lekham
Labyrinth : Dracula's lair $7.99 3 100% 90 $719 (exactly $719) MyceliumGames

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