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Should I ship a Robot Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Robots
Of 21 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 36 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $70k, ×112 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 36 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $535 (exactly $535) |
|---|---|
| Median | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 5% | $71k (exactly $70,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 36 |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Stealth, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 11,227 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVFair
- + DrivingFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + SnowFair
- + SportsFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach 2021 · $78M 
The Callisto Protocol™ 2022 · $63M 
Generation Zero® 2019 · $22M 
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic 2025 · $13M 
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED 2019 · $11M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach | older | $39.99 | 65,350 86% | 2.0M | $78M (exactly $78,400,395) | Steel Wool Studios |
| | The Callisto Protocol™ | older | $59.99 | 35,135 66% | 1.1M | $63M (exactly $63,232,460) | Striking Distance Studios |
| | Generation Zero® | older | $24.99 | 29,115 75% | 873k | $22M (exactly $21,827,516) | Systemic Reaction™ |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic | $39.99 | 10,874 86% | 326k | $13M (exactly $13,045,538) | Steel Wool Studios | |
| | FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED | older | $29.99 | 12,257 95% | 368k | $11M (exactly $11,027,623) | Steel Wool Studios |
 | Five Nights at Freddy's | older | $4.99 | 53,607 94% | 1.6M | $8.0M (exactly $8,024,968) | Scott Cawthon |
 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | older | $7.99 | 23,871 93% | 716k | $5.7M (exactly $5,721,879) | Scott Cawthon |
 | Five Nights at Freddy's 4 | older | $7.99 | 15,483 93% | 464k | $3.7M (exactly $3,711,275) | Scott Cawthon |
 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location | older | $7.99 | 11,497 90% | 345k | $2.8M (exactly $2,755,831) | Scott Cawthon |
 | Five Nights at Freddy's 3 | older | $7.99 | 10,388 90% | 312k | $2.5M (exactly $2,490,004) | Scott Cawthon |
 | Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC | $12.99 | 181 95% | 5.4k | $71k (exactly $70,536) | German Bandera | |
 | HOUND: AUTOMATON | $9.99 | 38 57% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Uuvana Studios | |
 | Camelot 10000CE | $7.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Miziziziz | |
 | Zombie Liminal Fishing | $13.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $8.8k (exactly $8,814) | Chris Danelon | |
 | Hunted on Eclipse-9 | $9.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | FinalFetish | |
 | Die for the Economy! | $7.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Tea Monster Games | |
 | HEAVENSHATTER | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Raifu | |
 | 137 | · EA | $21.37 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.3k (exactly $1,282) | Ruby the Shark |
 | A Home Is Safe | $7.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Beto Damian |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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