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Should I ship a Werewolf Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + Werewolves
Only 9 developers shipped a Werewolf 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, Project Werewulf, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.2k against a market of $630. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.2k (exactly $4,200) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,581) |
| Top 5% | $700k (exactly $699,967) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 910% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- 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 Horror
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,442 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Survival Horror with a different setting or mood, 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
Project Werewulf 2025 · $700k 
Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf 2014 · $185k 
Werewolf: The Inner Beast 2026 · $133k 
Pomberito 2024 · $77k 
Holy Purge : Exorcist 2022 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project Werewulf | $29.99 | 778 83% | 23k | $700k (exactly $699,967) | FTRGameStudio | |
| | Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf | older | $4.99 | 1,236 61% | 37k | $185k (exactly $185,029) | Microblast Games |
| | Werewolf: The Inner Beast | $19.99 | 221 76% | 6.6k | $133k (exactly $132,534) | FTRGameStudio | |
| | Pomberito | older | $5.99 | 427 93% | 13k | $77k (exactly $76,732) | Lara the Pitbull |
| | Holy Purge : Exorcist | older | $9.99 | 168 69% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Celeritas Games |
 | 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 |
 | Fear the Moon | older | $6.99 | 132 94% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,680) | Jonny's Games |
 | Security: The Horrible Nights | $4.99 | 163 88% | 4.9k | $24k (exactly $24,401) | Professional Villains | |
 | Barking from the Dark | $3.99 | 197 88% | 5.9k | $24k (exactly $23,581) | shoftArt | |
 | Cursed Deal | $7.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Massive Crystal Studios | |
 | Drealegy | $10.00 | 14 64% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,200) | ArcWillow | |
 | WOLFMAN | · EA | $11.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | LithiumStudios |
 | Lost Dreams | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Cat Dreams Ar | |
 | The Evil Inside | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Danny Boyd | |
 | Lock. Stock. And Hungry Pumpkins. | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Cornfield Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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