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Quick-Time Events + Zombies
Only 12 developers shipped a Zombie Quick-Time Events game 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, Only Out, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $5.9k, ×9.5 the market median. Revenue is up 330% on the market; 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 330% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Zombies
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 79% positive over 84 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M 
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014 · $47M 
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016 · $31M 
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | older | $59.99 | 157,694 88% | 4.7M | $284M (exactly $283,801,892) | Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | Resident Evil 4 (2005) | older | $19.99 | 78,502 94% | 2.4M | $47M (exactly $47,077,649) | Capcom |
| | Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare | older | $59.99 | 17,489 65% | 525k | $31M (exactly $31,474,953) | Infinity Ward |
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
 | The Walking Dead | older | $14.99 | 53,650 97% | 1.6M | $24M (exactly $24,126,405) | Telltale Games |
 | The Walking Dead: Season Two | older | $14.99 | 26,848 96% | 805k | $12M (exactly $12,073,546) | Telltale Games |
 | Return to abyss 重返深渊 | older | $4.99 | 949 79% | 28k | $142k (exactly $142,065) | Wingjoy Games |
 | Portobugia | older | $7.99 | 84 83% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $20,135) | Bogland Studio |
 | Tsukumogami | older | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | TORaIKI |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | Night of the Dead Simulator | $7.99 | 12 50% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Unknown People Lab | |
 | QuackSquad | $3.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Boxcutter L.A | |
 | City 33 | $15.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | ebt studios | |
 | 2 Hours Later | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | SevenGHON | |
 | Ghost VCD | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Qing Ping | |
 | Follow Nightmare | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | cr0cq | |
 | Darts VR 2: Bullseye | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gamitronics Studio | |
 | Infection Warfare | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FlyingWingStudio | |
 | Hero Guardian Team | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MiniGang |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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