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Should I ship a Snow 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Snow
Only 17 developers shipped a Snow 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, Reindeer Story, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 5% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Snow
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 106 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Bread & Fred 2023 · $1.9M 
HG Adventure 2023 · EA · $55k 
Mission in Snowdriftland 2021 · $50k 
Intrepid Izzy 2020 · $20k 
Ascent 2020 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bread & Fred | older | $14.99 | 4,217 79% | 127k | $1.9M (exactly $1,896,385) | SandCastles Studio |
| | HG Adventure | · EA older | $13.99 | 132 88% | 4.0k | $55k (exactly $55,400) | 皓际 |
| | Mission in Snowdriftland | older | $6.99 | 239 94% | 7.2k | $50k (exactly $50,118) | tons of bits |
| | Intrepid Izzy | older | $18.99 | 35 94% | 1.1k | $20k (exactly $19,940) | Senile Team |
| | Ascent | older | $4.99 | 89 93% | 2.7k | $13k (exactly $13,323) | Tim Kashani |
 | Reindeer Story | $7.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Azzie, Smoggysoft | |
 | Snow Bros Classic Collection | $14.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Headless Chicken Games, Toaplan | |
 | The Legend of Santa | older | $4.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Bringle Family Entertainment, LLC. |
 | Red Fox and the Four Seasons | $4.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Boogygames Studios | |
 | Slime's Journey | older | $4.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | lightUP |
 | Lil Elfred Re:Gifted | $1.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) | Annue and Friends | |
 | P-PAN | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | palpuni | |
 | Aralunis | $5.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Nezashiron Games | |
 | Bounce Quest | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | nozech | |
 | PostBear Tales | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | lightUP | |
 | Epic Game Maker | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Electricpunch | |
 | Reindeer Wrangler | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Caleb Van Rijn |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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