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Should I ship a Survival Horror Sports game?
Sports + Survival Horror
Only 5 developers shipped a Survival Horror Sports 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, KUNKUN Defender 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $6.1k (exactly $6,081) |
| Top 5% | $44k (exactly $44,012) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Survival Horror
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Survival Horror
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $4.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 12,639 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Visual NovelFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + FMVFair
- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
House of Detention 2020 · $250k 
Mister Furry: Hot Muscles 2024 · $77k 
KUNKUN Defender 2 2025 · $44k 
Wild Animal Sports Day 2018 · $40k 
V.L.A.D.i.K 2019 · EA · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | House of Detention | older | $0.99 | 8,413 91% | 252k | $250k (exactly $249,866) | Aniki, Male Union ♂ |
| | Mister Furry: Hot Muscles | older | $0.99 | 2,576 92% | 77k | $77k (exactly $76,507) | Red Six Development, Male Union |
| | KUNKUN Defender 2 | $4.99 | 294 94% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $44,012) | Seal | |
| | Wild Animal Sports Day | older | $4.99 | 264 92% | 7.9k | $40k (exactly $39,521) | Paul Bird |
| | V.L.A.D.i.K | · EA older | $0.99 | 517 53% | 16k | $15k (exactly $15,355) | Narko Games |
 | House of Lizards | older | $0.99 | 405 85% | 12k | $12k (exactly $12,028) | Ancient Russ |
 | Legendary Hunter VR | older | $9.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | LastnOni |
 | 69 Ways to Kill a Zombie | older | $4.99 | 70 64% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Wadup Games |
 | Love Room | older | $7.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | FoxPunch |
 | Dracula: Vampires vs. Zombies | older | $14.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Avatarico |
 | Grit Shot | $6.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $6.1k (exactly $6,081) | nithic | |
 | Spin to Survive | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Seal | |
 | Holiday Harry | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Samer Khatib (Snowconesolid Productions) | |
 | Ball & Gun | · EA | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | NVZN Studios |
 | Ski Yeet | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Real Proper Hard Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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