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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 2D Platformer Battle Royale?

Battle Royale + 2D Platformer

Only 12 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Battle Royale 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, Code Velocity, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 10 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 24 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 100% on the market, 24 announced, ×4.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Battle Royale + 2D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $539 → $300 → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Battle Royale + 2D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $629 (exactly $629)
Top 5% $8.9k (exactly $8,880)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 57
Announced 24
Effort 10 / 10
AI-buildability Low
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 30% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Battle Royale
effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
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
10 / 10 · studio only
Systems
Battle Royale, 2D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 96% positive over 125 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 $480, 1 in 4 over $620, 1 in 20 over $8.8k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Immersive SimFair13 devs · median $2.4k · 11 announced
  2. + MysteryLong shot12 devs · median $359 · 9 announced
  3. + LootPoor odds9 devs · median $4.3k · 23 announced
  4. + SportsPoor odds18 devs · median $3.8k · 26 announced
  5. + Hero ShooterPoor odds9 devs · median $3.6k · 29 announced
  6. + PuzzlePoor odds14 devs · median $3.2k · 21 announced
  7. + Psychological HorrorPoor odds12 devs · median $3.2k · 18 announced
  8. + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds14 devs · median $3.2k · 30 announced
  9. + Co-opPoor odds34 devs · median $1.3k · 89 announced
  10. + SandboxPoor odds7 devs · median $1.2k · 20 announced
  11. + 4 Player LocalPoor odds17 devs · median $898 · 28 announced
  12. + RoguelitePoor odds14 devs · median $748 · 20 announced

All 91 pairs on the Battle Royale page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

LEGO® Brawls 2022 · $199k Soldat 2 2020 · EA · $93k Rocket Bot Royale 2022 · $22k ZADETTE 2021 · $12k Huusuienbu - Chapter spring and Summer 2019 · $10k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
LEGO® Brawls older $9.99 663 78% 20k $199k (exactly $198,701) Red Games Co.
Soldat 2 · EA older $7.99 386 85% 12k $93k (exactly $92,524) Transhuman Design
Rocket Bot Royale older $2.99 243 88% 7.3k $22k (exactly $21,797) Winterpixel Games
ZADETTE older $5.99 67 92% 2.0k $12k (exactly $12,040) Le Club des Sacs
Huusuienbu - Chapter spring and Summer older $6.99 50 68% 1.5k $10k (exactly $10,485) REAL co.Ltd
Code Velocity $2.99 99 100% 3.0k $8.9k (exactly $8,880) STIM GAMES
CD-RUN older $9.99 15 93% 450 $4.5k (exactly $4,496) Quack Quack Games
Hololive Fantasy Battle $13.00 11 90% 330 $4.3k (exactly $4,290) G-Blossom
Smokyflex older $12.99 11 90% 330 $4.3k (exactly $4,287) Gamesforgames
Escape from the Goblin Lair older $4.99 10 30% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,497) zzzgame
LAPPY GAMES $6.99 3 66% 90 $629 (exactly $629) WILL Co.,Ltd.
Tenement $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Tynepunk
CHAT CHAMPIONS $4.99 4 100% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Fabio Biancarelli, FLEX$ Studios
Tank Fight $7.99 2 100% 60 $479 (exactly $479) Pixel_Gamer, TNT_MAN1111
Neon Knights $9.99 1 100% 30 $300 (exactly $300) VHornet Games
Infinity War Land $1.99 3 0% 90 $179 (exactly $179) 90E GAMES
The Hermit and the Witch $4.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Roy Wilson
Rift Rumble $3.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Isaac Wild

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