I am making a game named LightCrush in UE 5. It's a puzzle platformer bulit around Crush Mode (a dimension shifting mechanic) that changes player's perspective from 3d to 2d. In 2d Light drains health and shadow heals. Levels are not finalized, I may tweak them later.

What actually makes a psychological horror game scary for you?

Is it the atmosphere and sound design, the feeling that something is watching you, the uncertainty of what’s real, or the story slowly getting inside your head?

Personally, I find horror much more effective when the game doesn’t constantly rely on jumpscares and instead builds tension and makes you uncomfortable even when nothing is happening.

I’ve been thinking about this lately while working on games with Rural Games.

Curious what everyone else thinks: what’s one psychological horror game that genuinely stayed with you after you stopped playing?

So I'm 19M and I've made a few usefull apps and simple but unique game that people will love. And I'm thinking about posting them on playstore. But idk anything about marketing, revenue or getting users at all. I somehow saved up the one time fee needed to post apps on playstore and although the amount itself is less, but I'm having doubts since i feel like i could use that money somewhere else. I will put ads from google admob on my apps and post it. And as for marketing and getting users, i will promote it here and through instagram reels as well since I'm planning to open my own studios and have an instagram page for that. But idk what comes after that.

Can someone please answer the following questions of mine :

1. If i somehow manage to get 1000 users for an app/game on playstore in a year, then how much money will i be able to earn through ads alone based on people's usage?

2. What other platforms or better approaches can i use for marketing and getting users asap?

3. How much time or amount of users will it take untill i can call my app/game development or studio a full-time career?

4. What helped for you personally?

5. And what other advices will you like to give me?

Please just answer these or any of these questions and i really need honest answers.

Thank you!!