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Should I ship a Zombie Sports game?
Sports + Zombies
Only 11 developers shipped a Zombie 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.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $59. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 6 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $900 (exactly $900) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $44k (exactly $44,012) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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: 4%, 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
- Sports
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 94% positive over 370 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 6 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Gas Guzzlers Extreme 2013 · $2.3M 
Ben and Ed 2015 · $1.4M 
Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k 
Zombie Bowl-o-Rama 2009 · $65k 
KUNKUN Defender 2 2025 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gas Guzzlers Extreme | older | $24.99 | 3,081 86% | 92k | $2.3M (exactly $2,309,826) | Gamepires |
| | Ben and Ed | older | $9.99 | 4,592 82% | 138k | $1.4M (exactly $1,376,222) | Sluggerfly |
| | Zombie Driver HD | older | $9.99 | 2,770 84% | 83k | $830k (exactly $830,169) | Exor Studios |
| | Zombie Bowl-o-Rama | older | $9.99 | 218 94% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | MumboJumbo |
| | KUNKUN Defender 2 | $4.99 | 294 94% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $44,012) | Seal | |
 | False Front | older | $8.99 | 80 82% | 2.4k | $22k (exactly $21,576) | Svantech Studios |
 | Combat Force | older | $4.99 | 83 46% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Matt Sowards |
 | Candy Smash VR | older | $4.99 | 78 76% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,677) | Wadup Games |
 | 69 Ways to Kill a Zombie | older | $4.99 | 70 64% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Wadup Games |
 | Wild Ice | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Journey Bound Games | |
 | Monster Yoga 👉👌 | $4.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | TheBigO Games | |
 | Wukong Survivors ：Begin | $2.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) | Seal233 | |
 | 高球王者 GolfKings | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 小如文化 | |
 | Spin to Survive | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Seal | |
 | GameSyndicates | $29.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $900 (exactly $900) | GameSyndicates | |
 | Ball & Gun | · EA | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | NVZN Studios |
 | DudeGo | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | FussyCraft | |
 | Darts VR 2: Bullseye | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gamitronics Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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