Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 2D Platformer Class-Based game?

Class-Based + 2D Platformer

Of 26 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Class-Based game 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.. 30 more are announced.

Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $34k, ×23 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 30 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 30 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Class-Based + 2D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.4k → $3.4k → $297 → $450 → $539 → $1.9k (still earning) → $180 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Class-Based + 2D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $539 (exactly $539)
Top 25% $2.6k (exactly $2,633)
Top 5% $34k (exactly $34,183)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 71
Announced 30
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $5.99

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 20% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 20%, 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.

Class-Based
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
Class-Based, 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 83% positive over 232 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $540, 1 in 4 over $2.6k, 1 in 20 over $34k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Class-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + AutomationFair19 devs · median $6.6k · 22 announced
  2. + Bullet HeavenFair21 devs · median $2.4k · 38 announced
  3. + SupernaturalLong shot18 devs · median $599 · 21 announced
  4. + FPSPoor odds22 devs · median $70k · 70 announced
  5. + MMORPGPoor odds7 devs · median $61k · 57 announced
  6. + Base BuildingPoor odds18 devs · median $33k · 44 announced
  7. + WarPoor odds17 devs · median $32k · 59 announced
  8. + Souls-likePoor odds16 devs · median $18k · 29 announced
  9. + MilitaryPoor odds17 devs · median $13k · 42 announced
  10. + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds11 devs · median $13k · 53 announced
  11. + WargamePoor odds14 devs · median $9.4k · 28 announced
  12. + ManagementPoor odds26 devs · median $8.1k · 64 announced

All 111 pairs on the Class-Based page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Idol Hands 2 2023 · $242k Monochrome Echoes - white - 2025 · $40k Yuma Nest 2026 · EA · $34k SNOW BROS. SPECIAL: ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2024 · $29k Angvik 2 2024 · $27k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Idol Hands 2 older $10.99 735 88% 22k $242k (exactly $242,330) 樹懶叫工作室, Maker製造機, sloth gamer
Monochrome Echoes - white - $24.99 54 87% 1.6k $40k (exactly $40,484) Thousand Games
Yuma Nest · EA $19.99 57 89% 1.7k $34k (exactly $34,183) Piokou
SNOW BROS. SPECIAL: ANNIVERSARY EDITION $29.99 32 78% 960 $29k (exactly $28,790) CRT GAMES
Angvik 2 older $5.00 177 94% 5.3k $27k (exactly $26,550) Alastair John Jack
Towertale older $9.99 50 90% 1.5k $15k (exactly $14,985) MiSou Games
Mythic Dungeons older $8.99 29 34% 870 $7.8k (exactly $7,821) Eurus Game Studio
Cloudsea Frontier $14.99 16 93% 480 $7.2k (exactly $7,195) New RPG Project
Idle Build RPG older $4.99 46 58% 1.4k $6.9k (exactly $6,886) okyakusama
Battle Squares $9.99 17 76% 510 $5.1k (exactly $5,095) Feesh Studio
Company Rising $8.99 11 18% 330 $3.0k (exactly $2,967) Director Liu
Myriad Realms $3.99 22 81% 660 $2.6k (exactly $2,633) 吸怪
Slime Battles $4.99 15 100% 450 $2.2k (exactly $2,246) Nish Studios
RAD: Repeat After Death $12.99 5 100% 150 $1.9k (exactly $1,948) Exploding Soes
Plighters $9.99 3 100% 90 $899 (exactly $899) viraelin

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