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Should I ship a Werewolf Survival game?
Survival + Werewolves
Only 8 developers shipped a Werewolf Survival 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, Night is Coming, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×462 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,581) |
| Top 5% | $290k (exactly $290,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 115% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Survival
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Werewolves
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 34,572 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Social DeductionFair
- + Word GameFair
- + CatsFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + DogsFair
- + Martial ArtsLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
Town of Salem 2014 · $4.6M 
KeeperRL 2024 · $1.0M 
Night is Coming 2025 · EA · $290k 
The Matriarch 2022 · $108k 
Lycans 2023 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Town of Salem | older | $4.99 | 30,882 88% | 926k | $4.6M (exactly $4,623,035) | BlankMediaGames |
| | KeeperRL | older | $19.99 | 1,677 83% | 50k | $1.0M (exactly $1,005,697) | Electric Succubi |
| | Night is Coming | · EA | $24.99 | 387 59% | 12k | $290k (exactly $290,134) | Wild Forest Studio |
| | The Matriarch | older | $4.99 | 724 75% | 22k | $108k (exactly $108,383) | Chewa |
| | Lycans | older | $4.99 | 309 91% | 9.3k | $46k (exactly $46,257) | Onu Games |
 | S.P.A.T. | · EA older | $11.99 | 125 49% | 3.8k | $45k (exactly $44,962) | DeadGrass Games |
 | Sinister Halloween | older | $7.99 | 125 82% | 3.8k | $30k (exactly $29,962) | Celeritas Games |
 | Barking from the Dark | $3.99 | 197 88% | 5.9k | $24k (exactly $23,581) | shoftArt | |
 | The Dark World | · EA older | $19.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Digital Gods |
 | Horror Legends | older | $4.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,916) | October Games |
 | Cursed Deal | $7.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Massive Crystal Studios | |
 | Ghoul Thrasher | $5.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Magic Quest Media | |
 | Lost Dreams | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Cat Dreams Ar | |
 | Tribe of Werewolves | · EA | $2.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Gokmen Bolat |
 | Nocturne Maze: Shadows in the Hedge | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Xayba | |
 | Animal Island: The Wolf’s Onslaught | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ChaoticPendulumStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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