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Should I ship a Snow Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Snow
Only 17 developers shipped a Snow Survival Horror 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, The Pale Mimic, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 15 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,187) |
| Top 5% | $83k (exactly $82,696) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 170% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Snow
- 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
- Survival Horror; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Survival
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 914 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVFair
- + DrivingFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + SportsFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
- + Social DeductionPoor odds
Comparable games
Kona 2017 · $1.3M 
Fade to Silence 2019 · $928k 
Near Death 2016 · $242k 
The Pale Mimic 2026 · $83k 
Fright Train 2026 · $67k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kona | older | $14.99 | 2,795 82% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,256,912) | Parabole |
| | Fade to Silence | older | $29.99 | 1,032 62% | 31k | $928k (exactly $928,490) | Black Forest Games |
| | Near Death | older | $7.99 | 1,010 91% | 30k | $242k (exactly $242,097) | Orthogonal Games |
| | The Pale Mimic | $7.99 | 345 86% | 10k | $83k (exactly $82,696) | Dark Snow Games | |
| | Fright Train | $15.99 | 139 89% | 4.2k | $67k (exactly $66,678) | WildArts Games | |
 | ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL | $7.99 | 227 86% | 6.8k | $54k (exactly $54,412) | Cherrypick Games | |
 | Ice World | $9.99 | 111 57% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | CoolRabbit Games | |
 | There's Something In The Ice | older | $4.99 | 180 75% | 5.4k | $27k (exactly $26,946) | JustTomcuk |
 | The Cold White | $9.99 | 44 45% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | 2MEDYA | |
 | Homeostasis | $8.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $5.4k (exactly $5,394) | Gasimo, Saas | |
 | RedLantern | 赤提灯 | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | KM Studios | |
 | Frozen Below: Arctic Expedition | · EA | $6.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Crowvisuals |
 | Perikoto | $7.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ikuturso | |
 | Noelle | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Bandaloop Games GmbH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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