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Should I ship a Zombie Top-Down Shooter?
Top-Down Shooter + Zombies
Of 121 developers who shipped a Zombie Top-Down Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 175 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 58 developers shipped in the last year and 175 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $176k (exactly $176,356) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 121 |
| Released games | 389 |
| Announced | 175 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Top-Down Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Zombies
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Top-Down Shooter; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, 3D, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 25,604 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 70 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 175 games are announced against 58 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Top-Down Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + VampiresFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + World War IIFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcheryFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
Comparable games
Yet Another Zombie Survivors 2026 · $6.4M 
The Last Stand: Aftermath 2021 · $4.6M 
How to Survive 2 2016 · $3.9M 
Apocalypse Party 2023 · $1.4M 
R.I.P. - Reincarnation Insurance Program 2026 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yet Another Zombie Survivors | $14.99 | 14,123 91% | 424k | $6.4M (exactly $6,351,113) | Awesome Games Studio | |
| | The Last Stand: Aftermath | older | $24.99 | 6,096 80% | 183k | $4.6M (exactly $4,570,171) | Con Artist Games |
| | How to Survive 2 | older | $14.99 | 8,641 69% | 259k | $3.9M (exactly $3,885,858) | Eko Software |
| | Apocalypse Party | older | $9.99 | 4,658 72% | 140k | $1.4M (exactly $1,396,003) | Breaker Games |
| | R.I.P. - Reincarnation Insurance Program | $14.99 | 2,727 76% | 82k | $1.2M (exactly $1,226,332) | WarmCore Studio | |
 | Red Solstice 2: Survivors | older | $14.99 | 2,585 70% | 78k | $1.2M (exactly $1,162,474) | Ironward |
 | Crimsonland | older | $13.99 | 2,107 94% | 63k | $884k (exactly $884,308) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Endoparasitic | older | $9.99 | 2,928 93% | 88k | $878k (exactly $877,522) | Miziziziz |
 | Zombie Driver HD | older | $9.99 | 2,770 84% | 83k | $830k (exactly $830,169) | Exor Studios |
 | West of Dead | older | $19.99 | 1,289 76% | 39k | $773k (exactly $773,013) | Upstream Arcade |
 | Zombieville USA 3D | $9.99 | 2,184 92% | 66k | $655k (exactly $654,545) | Mika Mobile, Inc. | |
 | Whisper Mountain Outbreak | · EA | $7.99 | 2,421 84% | 73k | $580k (exactly $580,314) | Toge Productions |
 | Section 13 | $19.99 | 770 70% | 23k | $462k (exactly $461,769) | Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. | |
 | FatalZone | $6.99 | 2,125 66% | 64k | $446k (exactly $445,612) | Midhard Games | |
 | Dark Light: Survivor | · EA | $16.99 | 346 75% | 10k | $176k (exactly $176,356) | Mirari&Co. |
 | Keep Her Safe | · EA | $9.99 | 382 97% | 11k | $114k (exactly $114,485) | Gugu Studio |
 | Soulforge Lost Path | $8.99 | 302 69% | 9.1k | $81k (exactly $81,449) | Ziyue | |
 | Graveyard Gunslingers | $7.99 | 224 58% | 6.7k | $54k (exactly $53,693) | PyroPhysics |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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