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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 2D Platformer Archery game?

Archery + 2D Platformer

Only 16 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Archery 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, Twin Shot Deluxe, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue down 100% on the market, 18 announced, ×2.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Archery + 2D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $359 → $599 → $3.2k → $898 → $748 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Archery + 2D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $450 (exactly $450)
Top 25% $2.5k (exactly $2,514)
Top 5% $350k (exactly $349,750)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 45
Announced 18
Effort 4 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Archery
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
2D Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Archery, 2D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 94% positive over 1,279 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $450, 1 in 4 over $2.5k, 1 in 20 over $340k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Archery with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Top-Down ShooterFair9 devs · median $359 · 11 announced
  2. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds13 devs · median $6.5k · 19 announced
  3. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $4.1k · 42 announced
  4. + HistoricalPoor odds11 devs · median $2.7k · 20 announced
  5. + RPGPoor odds28 devs · median $2.4k · 96 announced
  6. + PlatformerPoor odds13 devs · median $2.4k · 19 announced
  7. + HuntingPoor odds9 devs · median $2.2k · 32 announced
  8. + NaturePoor odds11 devs · median $1.8k · 36 announced
  9. + Action RPGPoor odds19 devs · median $1.5k · 58 announced
  10. + Open WorldPoor odds15 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  11. + RoguelikePoor odds13 devs · median $1.0k · 25 announced
  12. + AdventurePoor odds52 devs · median $898 · 123 announced

All 46 pairs on the Archery page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Twin Shot Deluxe 2026 · $350k Dark Water : Slime Invader 2021 · $62k HG Adventure 2023 · EA · $55k Tinboy 2015 · $35k the Shadow of Swallow 2025 · $3.6k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Twin Shot Deluxe $9.99 1,167 95% 35k $350k (exactly $349,750) Nitrome Limited
Dark Water : Slime Invader older $14.99 138 94% 4.1k $62k (exactly $62,059) DEVBOX
HG Adventure · EA older $13.99 132 88% 4.0k $55k (exactly $55,400) 皓际
Tinboy older $4.99 231 64% 6.9k $35k (exactly $34,581) Interactive Stone
the Shadow of Swallow $3.99 30 76% 900 $3.6k (exactly $3,591) Raine Studio
Tales of Isenberg $2.99 36 100% 1.1k $3.2k (exactly $3,229) Madarász András, Varga David
Mangavania older $4.99 17 58% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Alexander Nikolaev
Elf Archer and The Disappearing Giant Tree - R18 $3.99 21 61% 630 $2.5k (exactly $2,514) Bubble Gums
The Last King's Archer older $1.99 33 100% 990 $2.0k (exactly $1,970) Old School Vibes
Cutie Bear older $4.99 13 84% 390 $1.9k (exactly $1,946) Seiren-publishing
Arrow Survival: 15 Seconds $2.99 13 100% 390 $1.2k (exactly $1,166) Low Pixel Byte
Shiny Stones $4.99 6 100% 180 $898 (exactly $898) Verbal Chambers
Stickforge $4.99 5 60% 150 $748 (exactly $748) Noldo
Call of Heroes: Tower Defense $14.99 1 0% 30 $450 (exactly $450) Bakart Games - Rômulo
PongBreak $1.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Q
Battlement $4.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Henkdg

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.