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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Walking Simulator?
Quick-Time Events + Walking Simulator
Only 17 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events Walking Simulator 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, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $2.0M, ×4415 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 75% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events, Walking Simulator; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 4,235 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
The Beast Inside 2019 · $7.9M 
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead 2024 · $2.1M 
The Inn-Sanity 2025 · $374k 
EDENGATE: The Edge of Life 2022 · $43k 
Revolution 60 2016 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Beast Inside | older | $24.99 | 10,528 83% | 316k | $7.9M (exactly $7,892,842) | Illusion Ray |
| | A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead | $29.99 | 2,331 74% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) | Stormind Games | |
| | The Inn-Sanity | $7.99 | 1,561 96% | 47k | $374k (exactly $374,172) | Steppe Hare Studio | |
| | EDENGATE: The Edge of Life | older | $6.99 | 204 68% | 6.1k | $43k (exactly $42,779) | 505 Pulse |
| | Revolution 60 | older | $9.99 | 57 24% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Giant Spacekat |
 | Don't Pee | older | $1.99 | 255 90% | 7.7k | $15k (exactly $15,224) | Naughty Clogs |
 | Shifting To The Backrooms | $8.99 | 51 86% | 1.5k | $14k (exactly $13,755) | Oopsome Games | |
 | Aura Farming | $3.67 | 118 77% | 3.5k | $13k (exactly $12,992) | Fropy Studio | |
 | Foxen Island | · EA older | $8.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | gamingyourway |
 | Tower of Madness | $4.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | J6 Games | |
 | Hydro | $8.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Harman Motor Works | |
 | 15th Prison | $3.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $3.4k (exactly $3,352) | Zettanium | |
 | Mine of my Mind | $3.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Olymp Studio | |
 | Backrooms:Run For Your Life! | $1.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) | HachiiXuan | |
 | House of the Vigil | $0.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Zapster |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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