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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 2D Platformer Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + 2D Platformer

Only 11 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Character Action 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, Aeruta, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $4.3k, ×2.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×957 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.9 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 22 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + 2D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.8k → $1.2k → $84k → $50k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Action Game + 2D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $1.9k (exactly $1,888)
Median $4.3k (exactly $4,316)
Top 25% $58k (exactly $58,171)
Top 5% $1.4M (exactly $1,433,883)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 132
Announced 22
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $10.99

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 350% more developers than 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 low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low 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
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game, 2D Platformer
Price point
$10.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 92% positive over 2,997 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.9k, median $4.3k, 1 in 4 over $58k, 1 in 20 over $1.4M.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.9k. 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

All 39 pairs on the Character Action Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Aeruta 2025 · $1.4M Mighty Goose 2021 · $566k Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015 · $479k The Darkest Tales 2022 · $418k Olija 2021 · $409k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Aeruta $19.99 2,391 94% 72k $1.4M (exactly $1,433,883) FromDawn Games
Mighty Goose older $19.99 943 86% 28k $566k (exactly $565,517) Blastmode, MP2 Games
Lakeview Cabin Collection older $9.99 1,599 94% 48k $479k (exactly $479,220) Roope Tamminen
The Darkest Tales older $19.99 697 69% 21k $418k (exactly $417,991) Trinity Team
Olija older $14.99 910 89% 27k $409k (exactly $409,227) Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson
Lumione older $11.99 418 73% 13k $150k (exactly $150,355) Glimmer Studio
Rosenkreuzstilette older $9.99 415 78% 12k $124k (exactly $124,376) [erka:es], Darksquid Media
Tiny Thor older $19.99 207 79% 6.2k $124k (exactly $124,138) Asylum Square
BioMenace Remastered $14.99 186 99% 5.6k $84k (exactly $83,644) Rigel Gameworks
SoulQuest $19.99 97 81% 2.9k $58k (exactly $58,171) SoulBlade Studio LLC, TomasJPereyra
Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest $10.99 175 89% 5.3k $58k (exactly $57,698) Maddison Baek
Emberbane $14.99 111 52% 3.3k $50k (exactly $49,917) Hamlet Games
Slime Changer $11.99 12 100% 360 $4.3k (exactly $4,316) MoonJourney
BOMCAT $5.99 18 100% 540 $3.2k (exactly $3,235) TANZI GAMES
Flora & Fang: Guardians of the vampire garden $8.99 7 100% 210 $1.9k (exactly $1,888) Magnus Fredriksson
Climb! NYARUMA Action Puzzle $1.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) CoMuCreator
The Grand Slamboree $8.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Alex Jackson

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