Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Faith 2D Platformer?

2D Platformer + Faith

Of 23 developers who shipped a Faith 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.. 36 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 36 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 80% on the market, 36 announced, ×4.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
2D Platformer + Faith
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 23
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $17k → $90 → $9.6k → $899 → $60 → $89 (still earning) → $60 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for 2D Platformer + Faith: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 23
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $119 (exactly $119)
Top 25% $4.9k (exactly $4,855)
Top 5% $56k (exactly $56,372)
Developers, 2 yr 23
Released games 77
Announced 36
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 down 80% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Faith
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, RPG
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 81% positive over 439 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $120, 1 in 4 over $4.8k, 1 in 20 over $56k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + JRPGFair150 devs · median $4.2k · 157 announced
  2. + VampiresFair47 devs · median $1.9k · 50 announced
  3. + MechsFair33 devs · median $1.8k · 44 announced
  4. + PinballFair13 devs · median $1.6k · 9 announced
  5. + WesternFair10 devs · median $1.3k · 13 announced
  6. + CRPGFair62 devs · median $1.2k · 76 announced
  7. + Psychological HorrorFair178 devs · median $1.0k · 185 announced
  8. + Arena ShooterFair45 devs · median $809 · 43 announced
  9. + MiningFair38 devs · median $748 · 45 announced
  10. + RoguelikeFair264 devs · median $599 · 320 announced
  11. + Party-Based RPGFair55 devs · median $599 · 42 announced
  12. + Tactical RPGFair58 devs · median $599 · 49 announced

All 226 pairs on the 2D Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Gensokyo Night Festival 2019 · EA · $1.8M Black Market of Bulletphilia ~ 100th Black Market. 2022 · $215k YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin 2021 · $126k SANAE's Sylphid Breeze 2025 · $105k Touhou SouzinengiV -The Genius of Sappheiros- 2022 · $70k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Gensokyo Night Festival · EA older $12.99 4,497 69% 135k $1.8M (exactly $1,752,481) WSS playground, tea_basira
Black Market of Bulletphilia ~ 100th Black Market. older $14.99 477 83% 14k $215k (exactly $214,507) 上海アリス幻樂団
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin older $15.99 262 91% 7.9k $126k (exactly $125,681) NUU
SANAE's Sylphid Breeze $19.99 175 84% 5.3k $105k (exactly $104,947) sorehodoh
Touhou SouzinengiV -The Genius of Sappheiros- older $24.99 93 90% 2.8k $70k (exactly $69,722) ハチクマソフト
UDONGEIN X older $4.99 417 92% 13k $62k (exactly $62,425) Bar Holographic Otaku
Kubinashi Recollection older $11.99 167 94% 5.0k $60k (exactly $60,070) 給食頭蛮
Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger's Requiem older $29.99 66 83% 2.0k $59k (exactly $59,380) Frontier Aja, CFK Co., Ltd.
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN $19.99 94 82% 2.8k $56k (exactly $56,372) Team Arcana, Kizawaya
Re;quartz零度 older $34.99 35 82% 1.1k $37k (exactly $36,740) B-cluster
东方裁判梦~Rookie Attorney Legendry $4.99 96 63% 2.9k $14k (exactly $14,371) YEARS
Herogue $14.99 22 95% 660 $9.9k (exactly $9,893) 巴豆肥工作室
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
Rumia Throws! $8.99 18 94% 540 $4.9k (exactly $4,855) Tosa Laboratory
Esau's World $14.99 2 100% 60 $899 (exactly $899) The Good Trash
Cybernetic Ninja Nuns $7.99 2 100% 60 $479 (exactly $479) Good Bad Guy
赴生 $9.99 1 0% 30 $300 (exactly $300) 月核
Good Person $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) James H. Van der Meulen

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.