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Should I ship a Boss Rush 2D Platformer?
Boss Rush + 2D Platformer
Only 17 developers shipped a Boss Rush 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, Terminator 2D: NO FATE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2746 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 17 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,304,565) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Boss Rush
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Boss Rush, 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Hand-drawn, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,888 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Boss Rush with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RPGFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ShooterFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Terminator 2D: NO FATE 2025 · $1.3M 
Gurei 2026 · $135k 
Prison City 2023 · $46k 
Boss Rush: Mythology 2020 · $18k 
Go Go Jump!! 2023 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Terminator 2D: NO FATE | $29.99 | 1,450 84% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,304,565) | Bitmap Bureau | |
| | Gurei | $15.99 | 281 83% | 8.4k | $135k (exactly $134,796) | Lobo Sagaz studio | |
| | Prison City | older | $9.99 | 152 84% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Retroware, Programancer |
| | Boss Rush: Mythology | older | $4.99 | 123 78% | 3.7k | $18k (exactly $18,413) | Alexey Suslin |
| | Go Go Jump!! | older | $10.99 | 51 94% | 1.5k | $17k (exactly $16,815) | Dexter Manning |
 | Towertale | older | $9.99 | 50 90% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | MiSou Games |
 | 99 Waves | older | $3.99 | 96 90% | 2.9k | $11k (exactly $11,491) | Cold9, Cosnow |
 | Super Gear Quest | older | $14.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | Blob Games |
 | Gravity Storm: First Mission | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Jampley Games | |
 | Dustless | $5.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $7.0k (exactly $7,008) | 神刀之死 | |
 | Scarlet City of Devils | $8.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) | Shademare | |
 | Baseless | $12.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Fermenter Games | |
 | Basureroes: Invasion | $11.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.0k (exactly $5,036) | Javs Game Studios | |
 | Botanica | $9.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Second Fiddle Studio | |
 | Beats&Boss | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | XiHuanMang | |
 | BLOOD=BULLETS | $1.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | Slendykray |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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