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Should I ship a 2D Platformer On-Rails Shooter?
On-Rails Shooter + 2D Platformer
Only 10 developers shipped a 2D Platformer On-Rails 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, THE GIRL FROM GUNMA Kai 群馬県から来た少女・改, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 3 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- On-Rails Shooter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- On-Rails Shooter, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 90% positive over 64 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 3 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
On-Rails Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CyberpunkFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Bullet HellPoor odds
- + FuturisticPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
Comparable games
THE GIRL FROM GUNMA Kai 群馬県から来た少女・改 2025 · $12k 
Super Mega Zero 2022 · $7.2k 
Smokyflex 2022 · $4.3k 
Rooftop Renegade 2023 · $1.6k 
Kuggs 2022 · $1.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | THE GIRL FROM GUNMA Kai 群馬県から来た少女・改 | $9.99 | 41 97% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | 株式会社ヒューガ HUGA Inc. | |
| | Super Mega Zero | older | $9.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Silkworm |
| | Smokyflex | older | $12.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Gamesforgames |
| | Rooftop Renegade | older | $17.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) | Melonhead Games Pty Ltd |
| | Kuggs | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Forrest Powell |
 | 枪神出击 | older | $0.99 | 47 76% | 1.4k | $1.4k (exactly $1,396) | vk |
 | Assassin Of Aliens | $3.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Saylor Games | |
 | King of the Arcade | $7.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Super Villain Games | |
 | Fox face kills! | older | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Kurenaibook |
 | ScreenSaver Battle | $2.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | See-Through Marbles | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | BLAZER inc | |
 | Lights Of DunHuang | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | JZHacker, Yueyan | |
 | Bullet Voyage | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Wending Studio | |
 | Coppy Tour | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Penguin0o Games | |
 | 奇兽异传 | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LiuTianGui |
 | Iron Assault | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jinfeng Cai |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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