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Should I ship a Crafting 2D Platformer?
Crafting + 2D Platformer
Of 81 developers who shipped a Crafting 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.. 167 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 40 developers shipped in the last year and 167 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $44k (exactly $44,461) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 81 |
| Released games | 243 |
| Announced | 167 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, 2D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Simulation, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 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 $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,751 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 75 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 167 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Noita 2020 · $49M 
Dinotica 2026 · $403k 
Primal Planet 2025 · $377k 
Sea Fantasy 2025 · $263k 
Magical Delicacy 2024 · $180k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Noita | older | $19.99 | 81,149 95% | 2.4M | $49M (exactly $48,665,055) | Nolla Games |
| | Dinotica | $17.99 | 746 86% | 22k | $403k (exactly $402,616) | XA Studio | |
| | Primal Planet | $19.99 | 629 88% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Seethingswarm | |
| | Sea Fantasy | $14.99 | 585 86% | 18k | $263k (exactly $263,074) | METASLA | |
| | Magical Delicacy | older | $24.99 | 240 77% | 7.2k | $180k (exactly $179,928) | Skaule |
 | Cafe Master Story | older | $12.99 | 378 96% | 11k | $147k (exactly $147,307) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Himno - The Silent Melody | · EA older | $11.99 | 287 78% | 8.6k | $103k (exactly $103,234) | David Moralejo Sánchez |
 | Apocalyptic cat | older | $29.99 | 101 84% | 3.0k | $91k (exactly $90,870) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Land Of Idyllic Beauty | · EA older | $11.99 | 222 83% | 6.7k | $80k (exactly $79,853) | Neo |
 | Garlic Builder | older | $7.99 | 299 92% | 9.0k | $72k (exactly $71,670) | CaveLiquid |
 | Snacktorio | $7.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $52k (exactly $51,536) | ellraiser | |
 | Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate | · EA | $4.99 | 297 68% | 8.9k | $44k (exactly $44,461) | oyogame |
 | 仙之气 | · EA | $10.99 | 114 74% | 3.4k | $38k (exactly $37,586) | 按键工坊 |
 | Yuma Nest | · EA | $19.99 | 57 89% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $34,183) | Piokou |
 | Woolly Boy and the Circus | $7.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | big pineapple | |
 | FolkOrigin | $7.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $8.6k (exactly $8,629) | LukaszD | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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