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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + 2D Platformer
Only 18 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Looter Shooter 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, Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Top 5% | $198k (exactly $198,318) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Looter Shooter
- effort 8 / 10 · low · online co-op and a loot economy on top of a shooter
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Side Scroller, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 79% positive over 782 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MechsFair
- + Vehicular CombatFair
- + IdlerFair
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
The Shadow of Yidhra 2021 · $447k 
Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer 2026 · $198k 
Ants Took My Eyeball 2024 · $97k 
Thunder Tank: Iron Shield 2026 · $26k 
Random Heroes: Gold Edition 2020 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Shadow of Yidhra | older | $10.99 | 1,355 89% | 41k | $447k (exactly $446,744) | WhitePeach |
| | Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer | $14.99 | 441 77% | 13k | $198k (exactly $198,318) | 正向星光工作室 | |
| | Ants Took My Eyeball | older | $12.99 | 248 93% | 7.4k | $97k (exactly $96,646) | Bosmic Forge |
| | Thunder Tank: Iron Shield | $3.99 | 221 82% | 6.6k | $26k (exactly $26,454) | Crazy Studio | |
| | Random Heroes: Gold Edition | older | $4.99 | 86 69% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | Woblyware, Somepx |
 | Space Killer | older | $7.99 | 46 73% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,026) | Two friends, VIWESA GAMES |
 | Mecha Harem: Bonds of the Abyss | $9.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Morexingame | |
 | Bankrupt Heroines | older | $1.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $8.8k (exactly $8,776) | TTeokLeaf |
 | Holiday Time | older | $0.99 | 145 78% | 4.4k | $4.3k (exactly $4,306) | Eternal Lighthouse |
 | Epidemic | older | $6.99 | 16 31% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | NULLA |
 | Small Hero | $0.99 | 78 85% | 2.3k | $2.3k (exactly $2,317) | Small Hero | |
 | Stickman Physics Battle Arena | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Kyle Hawks | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist | |
 | Desktop Standing Card Plates | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | laing | |
 | Earth’s Last Defense Idle Fleet | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wil… (Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wilson, Julie A Wilson, Baylee Wilson, Jolie Wilson, Julie Wilson) | |
 | The Cook, The Slasher and the Extractor | $5.84 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | wacho games | |
 | The Watcher | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sai Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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