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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Colony Sim?
Colony Sim + 2D Platformer
Only 12 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Colony Sim 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, Demon Castle Story, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $54,891) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Colony Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Colony Sim, 2D Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, City Builder
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 9 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 812 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Colony Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + MarsPoor odds
Comparable games
Dungeon Village 2022 · $224k 
Dwarfs!? 2011 · $193k 
Dream Town Island 2023 · $191k 
Dungeon Village 2 2023 · $179k 
Cafe Master Story 2023 · $147k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeon Village | older | $8.99 | 829 88% | 25k | $224k (exactly $223,581) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Dwarfs!? | older | $9.99 | 644 79% | 19k | $193k (exactly $193,007) | Power of 2 |
| | Dream Town Island | older | $12.99 | 490 95% | 15k | $191k (exactly $190,953) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Dungeon Village 2 | older | $8.99 | 662 86% | 20k | $179k (exactly $178,541) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Cafe Master Story | older | $12.99 | 378 96% | 11k | $147k (exactly $147,307) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | High Sea Saga DX | older | $8.99 | 501 81% | 15k | $135k (exactly $135,120) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | The Sushi Spinnery | older | $8.99 | 411 92% | 12k | $111k (exactly $110,847) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Demon Castle Story | $12.99 | 257 77% | 7.7k | $100k (exactly $100,153) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Smelter | older | $19.99 | 165 64% | 5.0k | $99k (exactly $98,950) | X PLUS Co., Ltd. |
 | Jumbo Airport Story | older | $8.99 | 355 89% | 11k | $96k (exactly $95,744) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Song's Fantasy | $7.99 | 229 55% | 6.9k | $55k (exactly $54,891) | 南十字座工作室 | |
 | Cavern Adventurers | $8.99 | 117 48% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,555) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Skyship Quest Story | $12.99 | 68 52% | 2.0k | $27k (exactly $26,500) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Legends of Heropolis DX | $10.99 | 68 42% | 2.0k | $22k (exactly $22,420) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Final Frontier Story | $8.99 | 48 72% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,946) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Tortuga City | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | HerrGrievous | |
 | Baduk Challenge (Go Challenge) | $10.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | OH YU HWAN | |
 | Dwarf Core | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | IncludeSpark | |
 | Infinite Evo TD | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Starchase Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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