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Stealth + Science
Only 10 developers shipped a Science Stealth 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, Periapsis: Eclipse, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $23k, ×38 the market median. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,834) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 155% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 79% positive over 186 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
The Outlast Trials 2024 · $109M 
The Signal From Tölva 2017 · $475k 
SERIES MAKERS TYCOON 2019 · $77k 
Rabbit Riot 2021 · $59k 
Stifled - Echolocation Horror Mystery 2018 · $47k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Outlast Trials | older | $39.99 | 90,997 92% | 2.7M | $109M (exactly $109,169,101) | Red Barrels |
| | The Signal From Tölva | older | $19.99 | 792 71% | 24k | $475k (exactly $474,962) | Big Robot Ltd |
| | SERIES MAKERS TYCOON | older | $4.99 | 514 71% | 15k | $77k (exactly $76,946) | CREW Studio Krüger UG |
| | Rabbit Riot | older | $39.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $59k (exactly $58,785) | Reactor Studios |
| | Stifled - Echolocation Horror Mystery | older | $19.99 | 78 70% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | Gattai Games |
 | Periapsis: Eclipse | · EA | $14.99 | 53 71% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Skytrellis Games |
 | THREAT -SCREAM AND ESCAPE- | $8.99 | 73 83% | 2.2k | $20k (exactly $19,688) | C-Route, HiBiGA | |
 | Infectious | older | $3.99 | 77 67% | 2.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,217) | Ziggy Makes Games |
 | COLLAPSE COMPANY | · EA | $8.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) | VOLT-TECKS GAME STUDIO |
 | HUNTERS FOR YOUR BRAIN | older | $4.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | REANIMATO.RUS |
 | Star Mission: Remote Sectors | $9.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Ralph Schaedler | |
 | Childmare | $4.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Altab | |
 | Kozyrev Horrors | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Catsprout | |
 | Nocturnal Relics | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Mighty Magpie AB | |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | The Schism | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Munky |
 | Trace of the Villa | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Steadyturtle Co., Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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