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Stealth + Resource Management
Of 32 developers who shipped a Resource Management Stealth 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.. 137 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×396 the market median. Revenue is up 1640% on the market; 137 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) |
| Top 5% | $248k (exactly $248,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 79 |
| Announced | 137 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1640% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Resource Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Crafting, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Dark, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 1,781 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 137 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
This War of Mine 2014 · $49M 
Amnesia: The Bunker 2023 · $7.8M 
Gloomwood 2022 · EA · $4.5M 
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis 2021 · $1.0M 
El Paso, Elsewhere 2023 · $835k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | This War of Mine | older | $19.99 | 81,804 93% | 2.5M | $49M (exactly $49,057,859) | 11 bit studios |
| | Amnesia: The Bunker | older | $24.99 | 10,349 93% | 310k | $7.8M (exactly $7,758,645) | Frictional Games |
| | Gloomwood | · EA older | $19.99 | 7,495 95% | 225k | $4.5M (exactly $4,494,752) | Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski, Nate Be… (Dillon Rogers, David Szymanski, Nate Berens, Thomas Porta) |
| | Siege Survival: Gloria Victis | older | $24.99 | 1,367 79% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,024,840) | Black Eye Games |
| | El Paso, Elsewhere | older | $19.99 | 1,393 90% | 42k | $835k (exactly $835,382) | Strange Scaffold |
 | Stay Out of the House | older | $14.99 | 1,688 94% | 51k | $759k (exactly $759,094) | Puppet Combo |
 | Survive the Fall | $24.99 | 590 65% | 18k | $442k (exactly $442,323) | Angry Bulls Studio | |
 | Obsideo | · EA older | $11.99 | 797 61% | 24k | $287k (exactly $286,681) | Kyle's Garage |
 | Backrooms Lost Runners | · EA | $13.99 | 592 75% | 18k | $248k (exactly $248,462) | ShimStudioGames |
 | Frozen State | older | $11.99 | 514 63% | 15k | $185k (exactly $184,886) | Flox Studios |
 | Tales of Old: Dominus | $14.99 | 129 47% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,011) | Hvmana Industries MMD | |
 | ZOMBUTCHER: Monster Business Simulator | $12.99 | 135 69% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $52,610) | ODIUS | |
 | Cycle of Corruption | $14.99 | 84 94% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Kredyn | |
 | The Brewline | $9.99 | 110 84% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | Alcora Games | |
 | Terrorbytes | $7.99 | 51 84% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Treetop | |
 | Paws Coven | $6.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) | Wintercrow Games | |
 | Endless Isolation | $5.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) | WhiteShine Games | |
 | Prison Life Sim 2026 - Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 16 0% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Great Escape Games Publishing |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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