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Should I ship a Turn-Based Tactics Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Turn-Based Tactics
Only 15 developers shipped a Turn-Based Tactics 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, THE SPIRIT LIFT, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 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 $360; 1 in 20 cleared $70k, ×113 the market median. Revenue is up 710% on the market; 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) |
| Top 5% | $71k (exactly $70,765) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 710% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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, Turn-Based Tactics; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 473 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 7 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
Nemesis: Lockdown 2022 · $549k 
Ogre 2017 · $167k 
THE SPIRIT LIFT 2026 · $71k 
ZombieCards 2025 · $42k 
Zafehouse Diaries 2 2017 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nemesis: Lockdown | older | $24.99 | 732 68% | 22k | $549k (exactly $548,780) | InterStudio |
| | Ogre | older | $24.99 | 223 66% | 6.7k | $167k (exactly $167,183) | Auroch Digital |
| | THE SPIRIT LIFT | $19.99 | 118 94% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | prettysmart games | |
| | ZombieCards | $5.99 | 232 48% | 7.0k | $42k (exactly $41,690) | HotScent | |
| | Zafehouse Diaries 2 | older | $6.99 | 133 72% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,890) | Screwfly Studios |
 | Deadly Land | · EA older | $5.99 | 104 77% | 3.1k | $19k (exactly $18,689) | SchmidtGames |
 | Matanga 2 | older | $8.99 | 58 75% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $15,643) | MATANGA GAMES |
 | Raging Bytes | older | $14.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Hit-Point Co.,Ltd. |
 | 1 Bit Survivor | older | $3.99 | 82 97% | 2.5k | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) | Chaz Acheronti |
 | Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em | older | $0.99 | 235 79% | 7.1k | $7.0k (exactly $6,980) | Telltale |
 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | DEMONS | $4.99 | 42 71% | 1.3k | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) | Andrew Fender, Alastair Headden | |
 | Roulette Heist | $6.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Blackjack Roulette | $2.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Troubled Waters | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | BaleYc Studios | |
 | アネモネ / Anemone | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Jloo | |
 | Uncanny Valley: Le Petit Morte | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Chris King | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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