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Should I ship a Strategy RPG Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Strategy RPG
Only 11 developers shipped a Strategy RPG 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, Sinister Night 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $530k, ×859 the market median. Revenue is up 260% on the market; 33 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) |
| Top 5% | $539k (exactly $539,460) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.39 |
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 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Strategy RPG
- 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, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $7.39 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 86% positive over 1,861 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 33 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 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
Sinister Night 2 2025 · $539k 
AnnaRedux 2026 · $17k 
Five Nights: No Escape 2023 · $9.9k 
Paracom 2025 · $6.9k 
Lab 7: Cold Nights 2020 · $3.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sinister Night 2 | $9.99 | 1,800 86% | 54k | $539k (exactly $539,460) | Bug Inventors | |
| | AnnaRedux | $19.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | 那什么游戏制作日记 | |
| | Five Nights: No Escape | older | $9.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Fun Cradle |
| | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
| | Lab 7: Cold Nights | older | $5.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) | CaveDave |
 | Zombies!!! Board Game | older | $14.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | BABAROGA, LLC |
 | Rat Prison | older | $9.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Survival Guide 2 | older | $3.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | 塔克工作室, DARK STUDIO |
 | 致命游戏-Lethal Gamble 1 Werewolf Puzzle | older | $6.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | 橙光游戏 |
 | Living the Nightmare | older | $2.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Reanimate Games |
 | AO: Containment Breach | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Prismatix- |
 | Iron Graves | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Commoditech | |
 | Manifest369 power defence | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | ManifestStudios |
 | Paranormal Home Invaders | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Jaxon Cole | |
 | Mother Bunker VR | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Rook Gaming, LLC | |
 | Room 601 | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | THETABLE Z | |
 | Where Hell is Born | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Root Connection Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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