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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Zombie Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Zombies

Of 44 developers who shipped a Zombie Score Attack 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.. 50 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 23 developers shipped in the last year and 50 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 260% on the market, 50 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Zombies
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 44
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $479 → $180 → $1.3k → $179 → $449 → $3.3k (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Zombies: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 44
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $298 (exactly $298)
Top 25% $2.7k (exactly $2,697)
Top 5% $124k (exactly $123,668)
Developers, 2 yr 44
Released games 149
Announced 50
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 260% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Zombies
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Survival
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D, Top-Down
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 16,753 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $300, 1 in 4 over $2.6k, 1 in 20 over $120k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Yet Another Zombie Survivors 2026 · $6.4M The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 2013 · $1.7M Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection 2021 · $1.2M Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k FatalZone 2024 · $446k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Yet Another Zombie Survivors $14.99 14,123 91% 424k $6.4M (exactly $6,351,113) Awesome Games Studio
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill older $19.99 2,782 87% 83k $1.7M (exactly $1,668,365) Modern Dream
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection older $29.99 1,306 74% 39k $1.2M (exactly $1,175,008) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Zombie Driver HD older $9.99 2,770 84% 83k $830k (exactly $830,169) Exor Studios
FatalZone $6.99 2,125 66% 64k $446k (exactly $445,612) Midhard Games
Gun Club VR older $19.99 664 79% 20k $398k (exactly $398,201) The Binary Mill
Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes older $14.99 308 83% 9.2k $139k (exactly $138,508) Zing Games Inc.
HELLBREAK $14.99 275 76% 8.3k $124k (exactly $123,668) Double Barrel Games
GROSS older $12.99 265 80% 8.0k $103k (exactly $103,270) hangry owl games
Double Kick Heroes older $19.99 151 82% 4.5k $91k (exactly $90,555) Headbang Club
HoloType: Treasure Zombie Island $8.99 50 88% 1.5k $13k (exactly $13,485) BeXide Inc.
Temporal Purge: Z $4.99 56 85% 1.7k $8.4k (exactly $8,383) Exec Games
DAWN ONE $8.99 26 76% 780 $7.0k (exactly $7,012) shaderbunny
Filthium Zero $5.99 28 89% 840 $5.0k (exactly $5,032) NoiseHum Games
Rule No. 3 Downpour · EA $4.99 23 100% 690 $3.4k (exactly $3,443) Walk Without Rhythm Games
Living Dead House $4.99 22 100% 660 $3.3k (exactly $3,293) Deprecated Games
Tokyo Waning Moon $3.99 25 92% 750 $3.0k (exactly $2,992) Midnight Cupcakes

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.