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Should I ship a 2D Platformer FPS?
FPS + 2D Platformer
Only 17 developers shipped a 2D Platformer FPS 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, NEKOPARA After, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. Revenue is down 50% on the market, with 15 games announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $31,641) |
| Top 5% | $359k (exactly $359,041) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Dating Sim, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,532 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Dating SimFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + FaithFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RunnerLong shot
- + Action RTSLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + DogsLong shot
Comparable games
魔女的夜宴 2023 · $10M 
月に寄りそう乙女の作法 2022 · $4.2M 
To Be or Not to Be 2022 · $3.1M 
Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo 2021 · $2.4M 
Hamidashi Creative 2022 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 魔女的夜宴 | older | $34.99 | 9,664 98% | 290k | $10M (exactly $10,144,301) | YUZUSOFT |
| | 月に寄りそう乙女の作法 | older | $39.99 | 3,462 97% | 104k | $4.2M (exactly $4,153,361) | Navel |
| | To Be or Not to Be | older | $12.99 | 8,035 89% | 241k | $3.1M (exactly $3,131,240) | Team K |
| | Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo | older | $29.99 | 2,718 95% | 82k | $2.4M (exactly $2,445,385) | ωstar, Seikei Production |
| | Hamidashi Creative | older | $29.99 | 2,360 94% | 71k | $2.1M (exactly $2,123,292) | madosoft |
 | Koi x Shin Ai Kanojo | older | $34.99 | 1,104 88% | 33k | $1.2M (exactly $1,158,869) | Us:track |
 | Yusetsu | older | $16.99 | 1,262 88% | 38k | $643k (exactly $643,241) | DSGame |
 | Clover Day's Plus | older | $34.99 | 572 94% | 17k | $600k (exactly $600,428) | ALcot |
 | Fallen girl - Black rose and the fire of desire | older | $14.99 | 1,204 70% | 36k | $541k (exactly $541,439) | BoRoBoRoGame |
 | Miss Neko 3 | older | $2.99 | 4,470 92% | 134k | $401k (exactly $400,959) | Double W |
 | NEKOPARA After | $9.99 | 1,198 90% | 36k | $359k (exactly $359,041) | NEKO WORKs | |
 | Select Oblige | $29.99 | 375 76% | 11k | $337k (exactly $337,388) | Madosoft | |
 | Imouto Paradise! 3 | $24.99 | 66 92% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | MOONSTONE | |
 | Secrets of the Heart | $9.99 | 150 91% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,955) | FallingDay | |
 | Femboy Love story | $1.99 | 530 77% | 16k | $32k (exactly $31,641) | 磷光工作室 | |
 | Sex Beats | $9.99 | 62 77% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Naku Kinoko | |
 | Paper2Galgame | · EA | $5.99 | 75 88% | 2.3k | $13k (exactly $13,478) | TamikiP |
 | Erotic Rhythm | $3.99 | 61 90% | 1.8k | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) | Naku Kinoko | |
 | Goddess Scroll - Brave Star | $9.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Revenge Red Eyes | |
 | Seasons of Chiba | · EA | $3.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Hataka Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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