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Should I ship an Assassin 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Assassins
Only 9 developers shipped an Assassin 2D Platformer 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, The Siege and the Sandfox, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $80,946) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 205% on the market, supply 25% more 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.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Assassins
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 7,026 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MechsFair
- + PinballFair
- + WesternFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + MiningFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
Comparable games
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered 2018 · $3.9M 
The Siege and the Sandfox 2025 · $81k 
Ganryu 2 2022 · $39k 
KIYO - Bunny Tyranny 2026 · $10k 
Worker Riot 2022 · $8.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mark of the Ninja: Remastered | older | $19.99 | 6,584 95% | 198k | $3.9M (exactly $3,948,425) | Klei Entertainment |
| | The Siege and the Sandfox | $14.99 | 180 64% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | Cardboard Sword | |
| | Ganryu 2 | older | $17.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $39k (exactly $38,858) | Storybird Studio |
| | KIYO - Bunny Tyranny | $14.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Pixel Rats | |
| | Worker Riot | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Hit Zero: Chronos | older | $4.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | ZHANG FAN |
 | CHOP | older | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Claws Up Games |
 | The Rainman | older | $0.99 | 92 97% | 2.8k | $2.7k (exactly $2,732) | Copperbolt |
 | Phantom Playhouse | $7.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Kakytron | |
 | Second Samurai | older | $10.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Vivid Image |
 | Ninjora Echoes | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | BUG-Studio | |
 | SZX | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Venagon | |
 | Wren's Resurgence | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Soliloquy Games | |
 | Getaway Golf | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | schizmo | |
 | Ninja and the Quest for the Jade Statue | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | our_flag_means_fun | |
 | I was reincarnated as a mage. | · EA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SimulationJay |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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