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Should I ship a Gun Customization 2D Platformer?
Gun Customization + 2D Platformer
Only 17 developers shipped a Gun Customization 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, Iron Meat, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $580k, ×938 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 39 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) |
| Top 5% | $589k (exactly $588,905) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 1,209 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Noita 2020 · $49M 
Iron Meat 2024 · $589k 
Slavania 2024 · $97k 
Clockwork Ambrosia 2026 · $80k 
Jetboard Joust 2020 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Noita | older | $19.99 | 81,149 95% | 2.4M | $49M (exactly $48,665,055) | Nolla Games |
| | Iron Meat | $19.99 | 982 96% | 29k | $589k (exactly $588,905) | Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov, Retroware | |
| | Slavania | older | $15.99 | 202 61% | 6.1k | $97k (exactly $96,899) | FrostLeaf Games LLC |
| | Clockwork Ambrosia | $19.99 | 133 84% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $79,760) | Realmsoft | |
| | Jetboard Joust | older | $9.99 | 63 82% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,881) | BitBull Ltd |
 | Downpurr | older | $12.99 | 43 100% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $16,757) | Robin Fox, Studio Nevermore |
 | Star Rift Saga | $14.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Studio Vela LLC | |
 | Miko Sniper | older | $3.99 | 70 95% | 2.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,379) | さめGames |
 | The Last Tater | older | $4.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | russpuppy |
 | Kovoclak | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | lingouf | |
 | Battle Squares | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Feesh Studio | |
 | Raimodula | older | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Roborar Digital Ltda. |
 | Autogun Heroes: Supercharged | $12.49 | 13 46% | 390 | $4.9k (exactly $4,871) | Nitro Games | |
 | BeefArena | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | zinkem | |
 | Death's Web | $11.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Arachnocoder | |
 | Neanderthallica | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Cheers LLC | |
 | Meet Me In The Well | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Lord Moose Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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