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Should I ship a Pinball 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Pinball
Only 13 developers shipped a Pinball 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, FlippUp, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 9 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,777) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 450% 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.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Pinball
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · ball physics and table feel need tuning, not text logic
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer, Pinball
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 225 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Witcheye 2020 · $35k 
FlippUp 2025 · $23k 
Super High Ball: Pinball Platformer 2021 · $10k 
A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad 2025 · $8.1k 
MONUMENTUM 2025 · $7.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Witcheye | older | $4.99 | 233 87% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $34,880) | Moon Kid |
| | FlippUp | $9.99 | 76 84% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Try Again Entertainment | |
| | Super High Ball: Pinball Platformer | older | $9.99 | 35 97% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Emberstone Interactive |
| | A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Azimuth Studios | |
| | MONUMENTUM | $3.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $7.5k (exactly $7,541) | Jakob Scott | |
 | Bumper Blitz TD | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Ragnarok Studios | |
 | Darkanoid | older | $2.99 | 52 92% | 1.6k | $4.7k (exactly $4,664) | Shezo Games |
 | Pinfall | $6.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | PIXELNASU | |
 | Flipper Volcano | older | $2.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) | Sokpop Collective |
 | POROTO | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Edu Vasquez | |
 | ODYSSEY: Starship Pinball | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Clip Through Interactive |
 | PinballGarden | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Shuji Shimizu | |
 | AnimalFruitTart | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | tsubogames | |
 | Cattlieb | · EA | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | 夢航海域 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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