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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Sports game?
Sports + 2D Platformer
Of 91 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Sports 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.. 55 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 49 developers shipped in the last year and 55 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $75 (exactly $75) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 91 |
| Released games | 287 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 15% on the market, supply 15% 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.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, 2D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 8,038 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $75. 9 in 10 of the 57 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 55 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
UFO 50 2024 · $5.3M 
OlliOlli World 2022 · $539k 
Adorables 2016 · $452k 
pureya 2021 · $403k 
Fishing Adventure 2019 · $221k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | UFO 50 | $24.99 | 7,134 94% | 214k | $5.3M (exactly $5,348,360) | Mossmouth | |
| | OlliOlli World | older | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Roll7 |
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | pureya | older | $5.99 | 2,242 96% | 67k | $403k (exactly $402,887) | Majorariatto |
| | Fishing Adventure | older | $4.99 | 1,479 85% | 44k | $221k (exactly $221,406) | MasterCode |
 | SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed | $9.99 | 447 55% | 13k | $134k (exactly $133,966) | Fair Play Labs | |
 | HerrAnwalt: Lawyers Legacy | · EA older | $5.99 | 471 78% | 14k | $85k (exactly $84,639) | Yannick |
 | NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION Vol. 1 Steam Edition | older | $39.99 | 55 90% | 1.7k | $66k (exactly $65,984) | SNK CORPORATION, Code Mystics |
 | Bat Boy | older | $14.99 | 146 94% | 4.4k | $66k (exactly $65,656) | X PLUS Co., Ltd., Sonzai Games |
 | League Manager 2023 | older | $14.99 | 144 42% | 4.3k | $65k (exactly $64,757) | AG SOFT |
 | Pro Wrestler Story | $8.99 | 109 49% | 3.3k | $29k (exactly $29,397) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics | $29.99 | 31 54% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | INTENSE | |
 | Skating Rink Story | $12.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $26k (exactly $25,720) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | The Amazing Crackpots Club! | $14.99 | 41 95% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Astrobard Games, IguanaBee | |
 | Seafrog | $14.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | OhMyMe Games | |
 | Splash Shot Golf Legend | $19.99 | 22 54% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | TANUKIHOUSE | |
 | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Skullbreaker | $29.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Sharkgame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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