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Should I ship a Point & Click 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Point & Click
Of 145 developers who shipped a Point & Click 2D Platformer 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.. 120 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $390 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 84 developers shipped in the last year and 120 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $2.8k (exactly $2,753) |
| Top 5% | $69k (exactly $69,161) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 145 |
| Released games | 501 |
| Announced | 120 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 up 170% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer, Point & Click; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 5,637 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 127 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 120 games are announced against 84 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo 2023 · $3.7M 
Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED 2025 · $854k 
The Censor DX Edition 2025 · $792k 
Adorables 2016 · $452k 
Lair of the Clockwork God 2020 · $399k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo | older | $19.99 | 6,123 95% | 184k | $3.7M (exactly $3,671,963) | Square Enix |
| | Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED | $29.99 | 949 96% | 28k | $854k (exactly $853,815) | TYPE-MOON, fuzz Inc. | |
| | The Censor DX Edition | $17.99 | 1,467 82% | 44k | $792k (exactly $791,740) | Tiramisu, Big S Studio | |
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | Lair of the Clockwork God | older | $19.99 | 665 92% | 20k | $399k (exactly $398,800) | Size Five Games |
 | McPixel 3 | older | $9.99 | 1,199 96% | 36k | $359k (exactly $359,340) | Sos Sosowski |
 | Creepy Tale | older | $4.99 | 2,378 87% | 71k | $356k (exactly $355,987) | Creepy Brothers |
 | √Letter - Root Letter - | older | $19.99 | 551 78% | 17k | $330k (exactly $330,435) | DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD. |
 | Billionaire Lovers | older | $2.99 | 3,652 95% | 110k | $328k (exactly $327,584) | Ayacat Games |
 | Winion Virus | $10.99 | 980 94% | 29k | $323k (exactly $323,106) | Dawntown Studio | |
 | 緋月仙行錄 | $19.99 | 454 57% | 14k | $272k (exactly $272,264) | 月光草 | |
 | Decollate Decoration | $8.99 | 450 93% | 14k | $121k (exactly $121,365) | KANEKODO | |
 | Piece by Piece | $12.99 | 233 100% | 7.0k | $91k (exactly $90,800) | Neon Polygons | |
 | Whimsy Bake＆Craft | $7.99 | 357 64% | 11k | $86k (exactly $85,573) | MOON SCAPE | |
 | TOUQI | $4.99 | 462 89% | 14k | $69k (exactly $69,161) | 橙光游戏 | |
 | Idle Land of Exile | $4.99 | 239 68% | 7.2k | $36k (exactly $35,778) | 所以然 | |
 | Prison Princess: Trapped Allure | $19.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | qureate, Orgesta Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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