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Should I ship a Crime 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Crime
Of 33 developers who shipped a Crime 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.. 55 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $11k, ×18 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 55 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,315) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Crime
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,998 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 55 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CRPGFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + MiningFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
Comparable games
BM General Hospital 2025 · $328k 
They Always Run 2021 · $231k 
Lady in Mystery 2021 · $118k 
River City Girls Zero 2022 · $85k 
BM game Co. 2025 · $57k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BM General Hospital | $7.99 | 1,368 86% | 41k | $328k (exactly $327,910) | zzzgame | |
| | They Always Run | older | $9.99 | 770 78% | 23k | $231k (exactly $230,769) | Alawar |
| | Lady in Mystery | older | $24.99 | 158 94% | 4.7k | $118k (exactly $118,453) | nolsoft |
| | River City Girls Zero | older | $14.99 | 190 67% | 5.7k | $85k (exactly $85,443) | WayForward |
| | BM game Co. | $7.99 | 236 75% | 7.1k | $57k (exactly $56,569) | zzzgame | |
 | BM Love Cafe | $7.99 | 204 77% | 6.1k | $49k (exactly $48,899) | zzzgame | |
 | Yurukill: The Calumniation Games | older | $19.99 | 64 76% | 1.9k | $38k (exactly $38,381) | IzanagiGames, G.rev Ltd., ESQUADRA,inc. |
 | Re;quartz零度 | older | $34.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $37k (exactly $36,740) | B-cluster |
 | PARASiTE FLOWER | older | $2.99 | 245 76% | 7.4k | $22k (exactly $21,976) | Catowo |
 | Polda 3 | older | $3.99 | 123 98% | 3.7k | $15k (exactly $14,723) | Zima software |
 | Curse or Love | $4.49 | 84 90% | 2.5k | $11k (exactly $11,315) | 小橘子糖_official | |
 | KIYO - Bunny Tyranny | $14.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Pixel Rats | |
 | 刑死のためのカウンセル | $7.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | 薬草神話 | |
 | Street Cleaner 3 | $15.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) | Creaky Lantern Games | |
 | Ninja Five-O | $24.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | Limited Run Games, Inc. | |
 | 仿生羊游戏 | $1.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $2.0k (exactly $2,030) | Motopia Studio | |
 | 1964 Operation Velvet Twins | $5.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | SEEP |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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