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Should I ship a Gambling 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Gambling
Only 14 developers shipped a Gambling 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, Black Cat Bundle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $330 (exactly $330) |
| Top 5% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer, Gambling
- Price point
- $1.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 88% positive over 25 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Black Cat Bundle 2026 · $1.6k 
正宗台灣十六張麻將 2021 · $1.2k 
Casa De Diamantes 2025 · $809 
Technically Frogs Can Fly 2026 · $598 
ロジック麻雀 創龍 2025 · $330 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Black Cat Bundle | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ThatLeftHandMan | |
| | 正宗台灣十六張麻將 | older | $0.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $1.2k (exactly $1,247) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Casa De Diamantes | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | SoulPixel Studio | |
| | Technically Frogs Can Fly | $3.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | FLAME130 | |
| | ロジック麻雀 創龍 | $10.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft… (Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft beta, Inc.) | |
 | Changdong's Bikini Adventure | older | $2.00 | 3 100% | 90 | $180 (exactly $180) | CHANGDONGSOFTWARE |
 | Chiky Poky | older | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Nudiventra |
 | Plinko : Ball Falling 3D-2D | older | $0.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | ALI A.M |
 | The Cornerman | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | APLCN Studios | |
 | The Hero's Journey through Time | · EA older | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Wuppertaler93 |
 | Binary Game | $0.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Wave Inc | |
 | 24 Grab Points | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Meta Entropy Culture | |
 | 超能力麻将 | · EA | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DINGWOKER |
 | 信任崩塌(Trust collapse) | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | b站@把竹节虫当折耳根吃了 | |
 | slackball | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Frontier Line Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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