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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + 2D Platformer
Of 91 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Immersive Sim in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 90 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. Revenue is down 35% on the market, with 90 games announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) |
| Top 5% | $322k (exactly $321,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 91 |
| Released games | 184 |
| Announced | 90 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 35% on the market, supply 70% 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.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, 2D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Visual Novel, RPG
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 6,152 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 50 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 90 games are announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World- 2022 · $852k 
Kemono Teatime 2025 · $630k 
Mosa Lina 2023 · $483k 
FLAM EVAW 2025 · $413k 
Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2 2025 · $344k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World- | older | $39.99 | 710 88% | 21k | $852k (exactly $851,787) | Laplacian |
| | Kemono Teatime | $12.99 | 1,617 95% | 49k | $630k (exactly $630,145) | Studio Lalala, Kotoneiro, WHO YOU | |
| | Mosa Lina | older | $7.99 | 2,014 95% | 60k | $483k (exactly $482,756) | Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Roll… (Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel) |
| | FLAM EVAW | $9.99 | 1,378 95% | 41k | $413k (exactly $412,987) | 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司 | |
| | Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2 | $39.99 | 287 96% | 8.6k | $344k (exactly $344,314) | Navel | |
 | Blood Money: Lethal Eden | $8.99 | 1,262 91% | 38k | $340k (exactly $340,361) | 碧火互娱 | |
 | Light Up The Town | $14.99 | 715 95% | 21k | $322k (exactly $321,536) | Meadow Studios | |
 | Black Lily's Tale | older | $18.99 | 438 86% | 13k | $250k (exactly $249,529) | 1000-REKA |
 | Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto | older | $59.99 | 111 87% | 3.3k | $200k (exactly $199,767) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
 | Dwarfs!? | older | $9.99 | 644 79% | 19k | $193k (exactly $193,007) | Power of 2 |
 | OneRoom ―Yui Hanasaka Memorial― | $3.99 | 396 91% | 12k | $47k (exactly $47,401) | 株式会社さかさうま工房 | |
 | ChuChu | $13.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $45k (exactly $44,908) | 爱的氧气罐制作组 | |
 | Steamy Livestreams with My Girlfriend SS | $8.99 | 162 90% | 4.9k | $44k (exactly $43,691) | Laplace | |
 | Scourge of the village | $7.99 | 172 70% | 5.2k | $41k (exactly $41,228) | Triangel Game | |
 | Heroic Songs: the Remix! | $16.99 | 56 92% | 1.7k | $29k (exactly $28,543) | Emma Create |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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