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Should I ship a WWII Survival Horror?
Survival Horror + World War II
Only 5 developers shipped a WWII 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, your wife, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
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 $2.5k against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $35,065) |
| Top 5% | $276k (exactly $276,418) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 3 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- World War II
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 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
- $5.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 37,033 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.0k. 3 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Zombie Army Trilogy 2015 · $19M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2013 · $1.6M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 2013 · $1.4M 
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction 2011 · $1.1M 
your wife 2024 · $276k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zombie Army Trilogy | older | $44.99 | 14,285 85% | 429k | $19M (exactly $19,280,464) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army | older | $14.99 | 3,557 88% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,583) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,020 84% | 91k | $1.4M (exactly $1,358,094) | · |
| | FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | older | $9.99 | 3,672 17% | 110k | $1.1M (exactly $1,100,498) | Team 6 Studios |
| | your wife | $0.99 | 9,307 95% | 279k | $276k (exactly $276,418) | HaHaHaGame | |
 | FURRY HITLER | older | $6.99 | 677 78% | 20k | $142k (exactly $141,967) | Furry Tails |
 | ESCAPE FROM BOYKISSER | older | $2.99 | 1,028 76% | 31k | $92k (exactly $92,212) | akhsotoen |
 | Potato Thriller | older | $4.99 | 377 81% | 11k | $56k (exactly $56,437) | Samer Khatib (Snowconesolid Productions) |
 | FEAR OF FAITH | · EA | $9.99 | 117 78% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | UNBREAKABLE ARK |
 | Conan the mighty pig | older | $0.99 | 993 92% | 30k | $29k (exactly $29,492) | Mihai Morosanu |
 | BIO Fault | $5.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | IKO Games | |
 | Sleepless | $5.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | CaRuFy, Nagodo | |
 | Unlimited Ammo Survivor | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Black Star Cloud |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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