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Should I ship a 2D Fighter Parkour game?
Parkour + 2D Fighter
Only 12 developers shipped a 2D Fighter Parkour game 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, Oblin Party, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,374) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Parkour
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 146 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Combat RacingFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
SpiderHeck 2022 · $1.8M 
Happenlance 2021 · $23k 
Oblin Party 2025 · $20k 
Battle Squares 2024 · $5.1k 
Fruits Vs Veggies 2026 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SpiderHeck | older | $14.99 | 3,922 93% | 118k | $1.8M (exactly $1,763,723) | Neverjam |
| | Happenlance | older | $19.99 | 39 92% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Miles Fogle, Phillip Trudeau-Tavara, Cy… (Miles Fogle, Phillip Trudeau-Tavara, Cyborg Primate) |
| | Oblin Party | $7.99 | 85 91% | 2.6k | $20k (exactly $20,374) | Tellus Games | |
| | Battle Squares | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Feesh Studio | |
| | Fruits Vs Veggies | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Ishbull Studios | |
 | Island Bender | · EA older | $8.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | Island Bender Games |
 | Miwa: The Sacred Fox | older | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Baki Studio |
 | Kinetic: Break All Limits | · EA older | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Break All Limits LLC |
 | Boiiing Boiiing | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | SLMB's Games | |
 | Kill Dee | $0.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | BYE BYE, BUYBYEGames | |
 | JumpKin | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Umut KAYA, Volkan USUĞLU, Emrah TORTUK | |
 | Jump Verse | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Vertex Vienna Studio | |
 | OLYMPUSAN | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | FORCE_development | |
 | Blobbymite: Hero Of Power | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | BlobbymiteGames | |
 | Fiestag | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Fiestag Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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