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Should I ship a Fishing 2D Platformer?
Fishing + 2D Platformer
Only 13 developers shipped a Fishing 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, Sea Fantasy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $260k, ×554 the market median. Revenue is up 545% on the market; 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) |
| Top 5% | $263k (exactly $263,074) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 545% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Fishing
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Fishing, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 694 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fishing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingFair
- + AutomationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Luna's Fishing Garden 2021 · $405k 
Sea Fantasy 2025 · $263k 
Fishing Adventure 2019 · $221k 
Land Of Idyllic Beauty 2024 · EA · $80k 
Tropical Resort Story 2023 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Luna's Fishing Garden | older | $7.99 | 1,689 93% | 51k | $405k (exactly $404,853) | Coldwild Games, illufinch |
| | Sea Fantasy | $14.99 | 585 86% | 18k | $263k (exactly $263,074) | METASLA | |
| | Fishing Adventure | older | $4.99 | 1,479 85% | 44k | $221k (exactly $221,406) | MasterCode |
| | Land Of Idyllic Beauty | · EA older | $11.99 | 222 83% | 6.7k | $80k (exactly $79,853) | Neo |
| | Tropical Resort Story | older | $10.99 | 181 87% | 5.4k | $60k (exactly $59,676) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | HG Adventure | · EA older | $13.99 | 132 88% | 4.0k | $55k (exactly $55,400) | 皓际 |
 | Love on Leave | older | $24.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $19k (exactly $19,492) | qureate, Orgesta Inc. |
 | Fantasy Fishing Town | older | $6.99 | 81 77% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,986) | RainbowStudio |
 | Koboo: The Tree Spirit | older | $14.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Jerome Labelle, Simon Labelle |
 | GeraScopia | older | $4.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) | Roeb |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Goldfish | $14.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Gabry Corti | |
 | Upstream | $7.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Gllama Games | |
 | Cattopia | $7.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Timesoft | |
 | Peaceful Fishing Story | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | SAT-BOX | |
 | TREEPURY: Farm Tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Rabiar |
 | Eat or DIE! | $1.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $1.1k (exactly $1,134) | The Big Studio | |
 | Peaceful Bug Catching Story | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | SAT-BOX | |
 | 猫语拾光 Cat And Life | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | 元梦鱼工作室, Oalom Joy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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