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Should I ship a Romance Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Romance
Of 21 developers who shipped a Romance 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.. 28 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $320k, ×512 the market median. Revenue is up 180% on the market; 28 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $32,828) |
| Top 5% | $322k (exactly $321,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 180% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Romance
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high 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 Adventure, Visual Novel, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,198 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 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
Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home 2021 · $2.7M 
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator 2017 · $2.4M 
The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation 2022 · $1.8M 
Angels of Death 2016 · $1.5M 
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny 2025 · $597k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home | older | $29.99 | 3,006 83% | 90k | $2.7M (exactly $2,704,498) | TeamKRAMA |
| | Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator | older | $14.99 | 5,408 91% | 162k | $2.4M (exactly $2,431,978) | Game Grumps |
| | The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation | older | $19.99 | 2,989 89% | 90k | $1.8M (exactly $1,792,503) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Angels of Death | older | $9.99 | 5,009 95% | 150k | $1.5M (exactly $1,501,197) | Vaka Game Magazine, Makoto Sanada |
| | Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny | $29.99 | 663 85% | 20k | $597k (exactly $596,501) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
 | Homebody | older | $19.99 | 632 93% | 19k | $379k (exactly $379,010) | Game Grumps |
 | SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim | $14.99 | 715 87% | 21k | $322k (exactly $321,536) | SAFE HAVN STUDIO | |
 | Lakeview Valley | older | $14.99 | 710 82% | 21k | $319k (exactly $319,287) | Roope Tamminen |
 | Seven Days | older | $39.99 | 173 97% | 5.2k | $208k (exactly $207,548) | LIFE0 |
 | Himawari - The Sunflower - | older | $34.99 | 176 88% | 5.3k | $185k (exactly $184,747) | blank-note & Frontwing |
 | Survivor Strain - Season 1 | $8.99 | 354 95% | 11k | $95k (exactly $95,474) | Mr. Baker | |
 | Blood & Lust [18+]🩸 | $9.99 | 161 75% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $48,252) | Carnality INC | |
 | Bonds of Yachiyo | $9.99 | 110 88% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | Aoi Tsuyukusa | |
 | Paradise: Musubi | $14.99 | 73 98% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $32,828) | PIL/SLASH | |
 | Lily’s Labyrinth of Lust | $9.99 | 81 48% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $24,276) | Erommersion Studios | |
 | Re.dive Wonderland | $44.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $15k (exactly $14,847) | Piacere | |
 | After School .LIVE – Mirror of Twilight | $24.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | CyberStep, Inc. | |
 | 黑山羊BlackGoat | $8.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | HUPIDAN |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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