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Should I ship a Dog 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Dogs
Of 46 developers who shipped a Dog 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.. 41 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 41 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) |
| Top 5% | $37k (exactly $37,409) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 46 |
| Released games | 129 |
| Announced | 41 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 15% 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 high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dogs
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 784 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + WesternFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + MiningFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
Comparable games
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2021 · $6.5M 
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 2023 · $1.5M 
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist 2015 · $323k 
Grapple Dog 2022 · $318k 
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home 2024 · $238k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | older | $49.99 | 4,311 75% | 129k | $6.5M (exactly $6,465,207) | Ludosity, Fair Play Labs |
| | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | older | $49.99 | 1,013 81% | 30k | $1.5M (exactly $1,519,196) | Fair Play Labs |
| | PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist | older | $7.99 | 1,346 91% | 40k | $323k (exactly $322,636) | Outerminds Inc. |
| | Grapple Dog | older | $14.99 | 707 88% | 21k | $318k (exactly $317,938) | Medallion Games |
| | Valiant Hearts: Coming Home | older | $14.99 | 529 62% | 16k | $238k (exactly $237,891) | Ubisoft Da Nang, Ubisoft Montpellier |
 | The Heroes Around Me | older | $6.99 | 691 95% | 21k | $145k (exactly $144,903) | OKJOY |
 | Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines | older | $17.99 | 199 97% | 6.0k | $107k (exactly $107,400) | Medallion Games |
 | Oh So Hero! | $9.99 | 255 94% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | Full Frontal Frog | |
 | Super Catboy | older | $9.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,824) | Pixelpogo |
 | Cosmobreeder Yiffai | $14.99 | 166 84% | 5.0k | $75k (exactly $74,650) | KEMOSHOCO | |
 | Royalty Free-For-All | $11.99 | 104 86% | 3.1k | $37k (exactly $37,409) | AAAA Games, LLC | |
 | Dog Man: Mission Impawsible | $29.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $25k (exactly $25,192) | Floor 84 Studio | |
 | Sunfluffs | · EA | $11.99 | 56 100% | 1.7k | $20k (exactly $20,143) | Nuclear Strawberry |
 | Woolly Boy and the Circus | $7.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | big pineapple | |
 | Dog of Wisdom | $3.99 | 71 83% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | Joe Gran | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Cloudy & Stormy: Pawtastic Adventure! | $14.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Joyhop Games, GGBay | |
 | Fail Fail Succeed | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Martin Zetterman |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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