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Should I ship a War Survival Horror?

Survival Horror + War

Only 12 developers shipped a War 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, Escape from Tarkov, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $420, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 75% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 75% on the market, 23 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Survival Horror + War
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $899 → $3.2k → $7.2k → $419 → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Survival Horror + War: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $419 (exactly $419)
Top 25% $7.2k (exactly $7,198)
Top 5% $84M (exactly $83,719,253)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 58
Announced 23
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 down 75% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
War
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Survival Horror
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 49% positive over 55,861 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $420, 1 in 4 over $7.1k, 1 in 20 over $83M.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Survival Horror with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVFair13 devs · median $31k · 14 announced
  2. + DrivingFair20 devs · median $4.9k · 25 announced
  3. + Tower DefenseFair14 devs · median $1.9k · 16 announced
  4. + IncrementalFair16 devs · median $1.6k · 19 announced
  5. + SnowFair17 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  6. + SportsFair5 devs · median $959 · 3 announced
  7. + Outbreak SimFair22 devs · median $958 · 24 announced
  8. + 3D PlatformerFair111 devs · median $539 · 104 announced
  9. + Boomer ShooterFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  10. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds10 devs · median $64k · 42 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $52k · 21 announced
  12. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds8 devs · median $52k · 12 announced

All 159 pairs on the Survival Horror page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Escape from Tarkov 2025 · $84M Zombie Army Trilogy 2015 · $19M Six Days in Fallujah 2023 · EA · $16M Call of Duty®: Ghosts 2014 · $16M Ad Infinitum 2023 · $1.2M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Escape from Tarkov $49.99 55,824 49% 1.7M $84M (exactly $83,719,253) Battlestate Games
Zombie Army Trilogy older $44.99 14,285 85% 429k $19M (exactly $19,280,464) Rebellion
Six Days in Fallujah · EA older $39.99 13,012 79% 390k $16M (exactly $15,610,496) Highwire Games
Call of Duty®: Ghosts older $39.99 12,976 66% 389k $16M (exactly $15,567,307) Infinity Ward
Ad Infinitum older $39.99 1,033 76% 31k $1.2M (exactly $1,239,290) Hekate
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut older $19.99 1,998 90% 60k $1.2M (exactly $1,198,201) Jordan Mochi, Catchweight Studio
Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque older $14.99 930 96% 28k $418k (exactly $418,221) Nidal Nijm Games
Cockroach Simulator older $2.99 2,364 79% 71k $212k (exactly $212,051) HFM Games
Save Room - Organization Puzzle older $2.99 2,033 97% 61k $182k (exactly $182,360) Fractal Projects
Chromosome Evil older $14.99 334 81% 10k $150k (exactly $150,200) S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Trenches VR $14.99 21 66% 630 $9.4k (exactly $9,444) Steelkrill Studio
Escape From Infection Zone $39.99 6 100% 180 $7.2k (exactly $7,198) Funbang
Voldark $11.99 3 0% 90 $1.1k (exactly $1,079) OzbalHan
SCP : A Star Replicator · EA $6.99 2 50% 60 $419 (exactly $419) Studio Serpent
For The Wheat $6.99 2 100% 60 $419 (exactly $419) Studio Sasta
We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival $11.99 1 0% 30 $360 (exactly $360) Bored Alchemist
Undead World Order $0.99 2 100% 60 $59 (exactly $59) MFG Studio
PAATH-Z $8.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) TVirtual Studios
Guidu $2.00 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Feleax Elegance Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.