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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Hunting game?
Hunting + 2D Platformer
Only 8 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Hunting game 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, The Original Moorhuhn Hunt, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,558) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hunting
- 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
- Hunting, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 529 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Slavania 2024 · $97k 
The Original Moorhuhn Hunt 2025 · $13k 
Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X 2022 · $7.0k 
Chef Chen 2024 · $7.0k 
Smokyflex 2022 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Slavania | older | $15.99 | 202 61% | 6.1k | $97k (exactly $96,899) | FrostLeaf Games LLC |
| | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
| | Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X | older | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
| | Chef Chen | older | $12.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $7.0k (exactly $7,015) | buho game |
| | Smokyflex | older | $12.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Gamesforgames |
 | Three of Us | older | $2.99 | 42 57% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | 白信鸽工作室 |
 | Moorhuhn Remake | $2.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Hungry Caveman | older | $2.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) | RainbowStudio |
 | 猎人修仙传 Hunter Immortal | $7.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | blues | |
 | Moorhuhn Invasion - Crazy Chicken Invasion | older | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
 | Peaceful Bug Catching Story | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Sherlock Holmes – The Hunt for Moriarty | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Joindots Interactive GmbH | |
 | OKeverything with 3000 beauties 2 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | XIOF FAN, S+TEAMBABA, XU TING | |
 | Beast and Cleaver | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Grimes Productions | |
 | Jump Duck | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Sharkbot | |
 | Crown&Sword | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Renaluna Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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