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Should I ship a Tabletop Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Tabletop
Only 8 developers shipped a Tabletop 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, Sultan's Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.5k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $746 (exactly $746) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) |
| Top 25% | $42k (exactly $41,690) |
| Top 5% | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 up 40% on the market, supply 40% 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
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Survival Horror, Tabletop
- 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 33,166 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
Sultan's Game 2025 · $19M 
The Test: Final Revelation 2020 · $316k 
Ogre 2017 · $167k 
I'm on Observation Duty 4 2021 · $118k 
The Confession 2020 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sultan's Game | $24.99 | 25,061 93% | 752k | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) | Double Cross | |
| | The Test: Final Revelation | older | $1.99 | 5,286 97% | 159k | $316k (exactly $315,574) | Randumb Studios |
| | Ogre | older | $24.99 | 223 66% | 6.7k | $167k (exactly $167,183) | Auroch Digital |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 4 | older | $4.99 | 787 96% | 24k | $118k (exactly $117,814) | Notovia |
| | The Confession | older | $1.99 | 990 94% | 30k | $59k (exactly $59,103) | Randumb Studios |
 | ZombieCards | $5.99 | 232 48% | 7.0k | $42k (exactly $41,690) | HotScent | |
 | Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator | older | $1.99 | 252 96% | 7.6k | $15k (exactly $15,044) | Randumb Studios |
 | Classic Card Games Collection | older | $14.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $14k (exactly $14,390) | Classic Card Games Limited |
 | Survive or Thrive | older | $1.99 | 233 98% | 7.0k | $14k (exactly $13,910) | Randumb Studios |
 | Seven Doors | older | $4.99 | 70 64% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories |
 | Roulette Heist | $6.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Deadwalker Chronicles | · EA | $12.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | Black Phoenix Studio |
 | Blackjack Roulette | $2.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Memo R.I.P. | $8.29 | 3 33% | 90 | $746 (exactly $746) | Divine Magic Games | |
 | アネモネ / Anemone | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Jloo | |
 | Mad Lab Roulette | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | humbledbag |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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