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Should I ship a Conspiracy 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Conspiracy
Only 15 developers shipped a Conspiracy 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, Sacre Bleu, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 55 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $960 against a market of $480. 55 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $598 (exactly $598) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $6.1k (exactly $6,115) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $20,686) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 260% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 162 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 55 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Alex Jones: NWO Wars 2024 · $930k 
Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition 2022 · $605k 
Billionaire Lovers 2021 · $328k 
雪之本境S Conspiracy Field: Snow Trap 2022 · $111k 
Hero Roy's Wedding 2022 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Alex Jones: NWO Wars | older | $17.76 | 1,745 92% | 52k | $930k (exactly $929,736) | NWO Wars Team |
| | Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition | older | $39.99 | 504 65% | 15k | $605k (exactly $604,649) | Oddworld Inhabitants |
| | Billionaire Lovers | older | $2.99 | 3,652 95% | 110k | $328k (exactly $327,584) | Ayacat Games |
| | 雪之本境S Conspiracy Field: Snow Trap | older | $6.99 | 531 66% | 16k | $111k (exactly $111,351) | SP-time |
| | Hero Roy's Wedding | older | $6.99 | 230 74% | 6.9k | $48k (exactly $48,231) | SwordRP5 |
 | hallucination - 幻觉 | older | $9.99 | 121 84% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $36,264) | 灰烬天国 |
 | Sacre Bleu | $14.99 | 46 82% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Hildring Studio Inc | |
 | Antro | $14.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Gatera Studio | |
 | Polda 3 | older | $3.99 | 123 98% | 3.7k | $15k (exactly $14,723) | Zima software |
 | Meme Run 2 | older | $4.20 | 67 85% | 2.0k | $8.4k (exactly $8,442) | Jordan Schuetz |
 | アルタイル号の殺人 | $10.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | orange | |
 | Crystal Gaiden Origins | $11.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $6.1k (exactly $6,115) | Onipunks | |
 | Paw Paw Destiny | $14.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Daiyu.studio | |
 | 1964 Operation Velvet Twins | $5.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | SEEP | |
 | 心所向往的北极星 | $3.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | 游星Yusei网络 | |
 | Royal Goldenbeak and the Curse of Snowy Island | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Outside the Zoo | |
 | Gisselle's Adventure | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Serch Onodera | |
 | Wild Radio Flux | $19.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | K Storm Studio Ltd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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