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Should I ship a Robot 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Robots
Of 102 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 173 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $83k, ×133 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 173 games are announced against 62 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
| Top 5% | $84k (exactly $83,644) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 102 |
| Released games | 375 |
| Announced | 173 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 45% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 7,334 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 50 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 173 games are announced against 62 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + VampiresFair
- + MechsFair
- + PinballFair
- + WesternFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + MiningFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
Comparable games
Mega Man 11 2018 · $3.9M 
SteamWorld Dig 2 2017 · $3.4M 
MIO: Memories in Orbit 2026 · $2.6M 
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2018 · $2.4M 
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection 2020 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mega Man 11 | older | $29.99 | 4,312 89% | 129k | $3.9M (exactly $3,879,506) | CAPCOM CO., LTD. |
| | SteamWorld Dig 2 | older | $19.99 | 5,700 95% | 171k | $3.4M (exactly $3,418,290) | Image & Form Games |
| | MIO: Memories in Orbit | $19.99 | 4,300 83% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,578,710) | Douze Dixièmes | |
| | Mega Man X Legacy Collection | older | $19.99 | 4,033 79% | 121k | $2.4M (exactly $2,418,590) | CAPCOM CO., LTD |
| | Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection | older | $29.99 | 2,319 76% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,086,404) | CAPCOM CO., LTD. |
 | Mega Man Legacy Collection | older | $14.99 | 3,817 87% | 115k | $1.7M (exactly $1,716,505) | Capcom |
 | Haiku, the Robot | older | $19.99 | 2,576 90% | 77k | $1.5M (exactly $1,544,827) | Mister Morris Games |
 | Gravity Circuit | older | $16.99 | 3,028 94% | 91k | $1.5M (exactly $1,543,372) | Domesticated Ant Games |
 | 30XX | older | $19.99 | 2,514 90% | 75k | $1.5M (exactly $1,507,646) | Batterystaple Games |
 | Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,544 85% | 46k | $926k (exactly $925,937) | CAPCOM CO., LTD |
 | Mind Over Magnet | $9.99 | 1,344 89% | 40k | $403k (exactly $402,797) | Game Maker's Toolkit | |
 | Advent NEON® | $19.99 | 300 98% | 9.0k | $180k (exactly $179,910) | CryoGX | |
 | MotionRec | $9.99 | 430 99% | 13k | $129k (exactly $128,871) | HANDSUM | |
 | Brave Escape | $19.99 | 145 97% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Hit Start Studios | |
 | BioMenace Remastered | $14.99 | 186 99% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $83,644) | Rigel Gameworks | |
 | Clockwork Ambrosia | $19.99 | 133 84% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $79,760) | Realmsoft | |
 | ROLLING STAR | $11.99 | 216 96% | 6.5k | $78k (exactly $77,695) | NUL2 STUDIO | |
 | Super Alloy Crush | · EA | $11.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $70k (exactly $69,782) | Alloy Mushroom |
 | R-Type Delta: HD Boosted | $24.99 | 86 81% | 2.6k | $64k (exactly $64,474) | CITY CONNECTION, TAKE×0FF |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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