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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Resource Management game?
Resource Management + 2D Platformer
Of 76 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Resource Management game 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.. 110 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 49 developers shipped in the last year and 110 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,498) |
| Top 5% | $57k (exactly $56,569) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 76 |
| Released games | 174 |
| Announced | 110 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Resource Management
- 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
- Resource Management, 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 20,133 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 32 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 110 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Resource Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Shelldiver 2025 · $2.5M 
The Censor DX Edition 2025 · $792k 
Regions Of Ruin 2018 · $709k 
Dream Town Island 2023 · $191k 
The Sushi Spinnery 2022 · $111k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shelldiver | $4.99 | 16,806 98% | 504k | $2.5M (exactly $2,515,858) | Gagonfe | |
| | The Censor DX Edition | $17.99 | 1,467 82% | 44k | $792k (exactly $791,740) | Tiramisu, Big S Studio | |
| | Regions Of Ruin | older | $11.99 | 1,972 84% | 59k | $709k (exactly $709,328) | Gameclaw Studio |
| | Dream Town Island | older | $12.99 | 490 95% | 15k | $191k (exactly $190,953) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | The Sushi Spinnery | older | $8.99 | 411 92% | 12k | $111k (exactly $110,847) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | 大衍江湖 - Evolution Of JiangHu | older | $4.99 | 688 60% | 21k | $103k (exactly $102,994) | SourceIn Games |
 | 小小侠客模拟器 | $2.99 | 1,103 86% | 33k | $99k (exactly $98,939) | 小小游戏 | |
 | Burger Bistro Story | older | $8.99 | 319 81% | 9.6k | $86k (exactly $86,034) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Mega Mall Story | older | $8.99 | 302 94% | 9.1k | $81k (exactly $81,449) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Shepherd's Crossing | older | $29.99 | 75 57% | 2.3k | $67k (exactly $67,478) | SUCCESS |
 | BM game Co. | $7.99 | 236 75% | 7.1k | $57k (exactly $56,569) | zzzgame | |
 | BM Love Cafe | $7.99 | 204 77% | 6.1k | $49k (exactly $48,899) | zzzgame | |
 | Skyline Urban Story | $6.99 | 106 90% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,228) | PandaUpStudio | |
 | Stocks: Main Force Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 67 88% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $18,070) | LoneCat |
 | Tower Realm | $3.99 | 103 59% | 3.1k | $12k (exactly $12,329) | Charge Piggy Studio , Kitchen Group | |
 | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
 | Starlair | $19.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Shooty Bazooky |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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