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Should I ship a Split Screen Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Split Screen
Only 7 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.0k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) |
| Top 25% | $40k (exactly $40,023) |
| Top 5% | $71k (exactly $70,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
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
- Split Screen
- 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, Split Screen
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 102,262 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.6k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different second tag, 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
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
Space Beast Terror Fright 2022 · $564k 
Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC 2025 · $71k 
Among Ass 2020 · $57k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
| | Space Beast Terror Fright | older | $14.99 | 1,255 91% | 38k | $564k (exactly $564,374) | nornware AB |
| | Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC | $12.99 | 181 95% | 5.4k | $71k (exactly $70,536) | German Bandera | |
| | Among Ass | older | $4.99 | 378 80% | 11k | $57k (exactly $56,587) | Volens Nolens Games |
 | Endgame: Road To Salvation | · EA older | $11.99 | 156 97% | 4.7k | $56k (exactly $56,113) | Indie/Anon Games |
 | Containment Initiative 2 | $14.99 | 89 85% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,023) | Gwyn Games LLC | |
 | Outbreak | older | $9.99 | 103 66% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Dinobreak | older | $19.99 | 34 52% | 1.0k | $20k (exactly $20,390) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Congo | older | $4.99 | 125 53% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,712) | Big Red Eight |
 | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas | |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | Mournight | $6.99 | 12 16% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Fround Interactive | |
 | Ruins | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Tyler |
 | Beware The Ghost | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Goblinagerie |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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