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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + Puzzle Platformer

Of 41 developers who shipped a Puzzle Platformer 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.. 61 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×93 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 61 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 30% on the market, 61 announced, ×2.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + Puzzle Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 41
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $839 → $5.0k → $479 → $14k → $629 → $1.8k → $1.8k (still earning) → $359 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + Puzzle Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 41
Bottom 30% $210 (exactly $210)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $3.1k (exactly $3,140)
Top 5% $58k (exactly $58,277)
Developers, 2 yr 41
Released games 113
Announced 61
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 30% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 14%, 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
Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action-Adventure, Adventure, Puzzle
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Dark, 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 73% positive over 1,676 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $210, median $720, 1 in 4 over $3.1k, 1 in 20 over $58k.

3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 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

Little Nightmares 2017 · $31M DARQ: Complete Edition 2019 · $2.1M Bye Sweet Carole 2025 · $779k The Upturned 2022 · $744k Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015 · $479k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Little Nightmares older $19.99 52,184 94% 1.6M $31M (exactly $31,294,745) Tarsier Studios
DARQ: Complete Edition older $19.99 3,575 94% 107k $2.1M (exactly $2,143,928) Unfold Games
Bye Sweet Carole $24.99 1,039 72% 31k $779k (exactly $778,938) Little Sewing Machine
The Upturned older $9.99 2,482 99% 74k $744k (exactly $743,855) Zeekerss
Lakeview Cabin Collection older $9.99 1,599 94% 48k $479k (exactly $479,220) Roope Tamminen
Joyville older $9.99 331 69% 9.9k $99k (exactly $99,201) KudPlay Games
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence $24.99 110 74% 3.3k $82k (exactly $82,467) Aya Games
Inferno Protocol · EA $13.49 144 79% 4.3k $58k (exactly $58,277) Tektonic Interactive
Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms · EA older $12.49 153 90% 4.6k $57k (exactly $57,329) Corey Jeffries
Gift older $24.99 76 75% 2.3k $57k (exactly $56,977) Toydium, Million Edge
Cycle of Corruption $14.99 84 94% 2.5k $38k (exactly $37,775) Kredyn
The Strange City $14.99 65 47% 2.0k $29k (exactly $29,230) Newmatic Co., Ltd.
VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood $14.99 42 57% 1.3k $19k (exactly $18,887) Ash Jackson
Psycho Fear $9.99 47 68% 1.4k $14k (exactly $14,086) Dark Panda
You see me? $5.99 55 63% 1.7k $9.9k (exactly $9,884) Zeneki
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2 HD $3.99 36 77% 1.1k $4.3k (exactly $4,309) Moonbit
鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure $1.99 54 94% 1.6k $3.2k (exactly $3,224) 硅晶石工作室Sicrystal Studio

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