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2D Platformer + Card Game
Of 81 developers who shipped a Card Game 2D Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 91 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $95 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 50 developers shipped in the last year and 91 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $95 (exactly $95) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,532) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 81 |
| Released games | 197 |
| Announced | 91 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer, Card Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Card Battler, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,936 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 46 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 91 games are announced against 50 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Party-Based RPGFair
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Comparable games
ROUNDS 2021 · $6.4M 
Trainee Death Simulator 2024 · $314k 
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] 2015 · $287k 
Endless Voyage / 无尽航线 2021 · $207k 
Arcane Trigger 2025 · $98k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ROUNDS | older | $5.99 | 35,738 95% | 1.1M | $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) | Landfall |
| | Trainee Death Simulator | $5.99 | 1,746 92% | 52k | $314k (exactly $313,756) | Bone Nail | |
| | Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] | older | $9.99 | 957 92% | 29k | $287k (exactly $286,813) | Zoo Corporation |
| | Endless Voyage / 无尽航线 | older | $16.99 | 407 65% | 12k | $207k (exactly $207,448) | Dalaran Game Studio |
| | Arcane Trigger | $8.99 | 363 85% | 11k | $98k (exactly $97,901) | MiniWhale | |
 | YGGDRA REFRAIN | $9.99 | 311 79% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $93,207) | BD | |
 | Bearnard | older | $16.99 | 152 97% | 4.6k | $77k (exactly $77,474) | Michał Wikliński |
 | the World According to Girl | older | $9.99 | 150 70% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,955) | yondray |
 | The Fantasy World of Mahjong Princess | older | $9.99 | 150 84% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,955) | LSJ Productions |
 | Idle Quest Simulator | $4.99 | 183 78% | 5.5k | $27k (exactly $27,395) | 所以然 | |
 | 魔哆魔哆 Modo Modo | $7.99 | 94 95% | 2.8k | $23k (exactly $22,532) | HAJI HEAVY INDUSTIRES | |
 | WARPATH OF THE UNIVERSE | $5.99 | 64 76% | 1.9k | $12k (exactly $11,501) | Sora | |
 | Herogue | $14.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | 巴豆肥工作室 | |
 | MY DIRECT DAMAG 7 TRILLION | $2.99 | 94 71% | 2.8k | $8.4k (exactly $8,432) | 真香工作室 | |
 | Duck N Roll | $6.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) | GoldPumpkin Inc. | |
 | Guandan | $4.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Pixel Dance |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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