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Should I ship a Time Management 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + Time Management
Of 40 developers who shipped a Time Management 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.. 56 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 18 developers shipped in the last year and 56 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $99k (exactly $98,939) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 112 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 40% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer, Time Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,400 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Breaker of fatalism 2025 · $202k 
小小侠客模拟器 2025 · $99k 
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Garlic Builder 2024 · $72k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Daily life with my succubus boss | older | $9.99 | 716 88% | 21k | $215k (exactly $214,585) | 樹懶叫工作室, HEIJUN, Maker製造機 |
| | Breaker of fatalism | $10.99 | 613 88% | 18k | $202k (exactly $202,106) | showplay entertainment | |
| | 小小侠客模拟器 | $2.99 | 1,103 86% | 33k | $99k (exactly $98,939) | 小小游戏 | |
| | Whimsy Bake＆Craft | $7.99 | 357 64% | 11k | $86k (exactly $85,573) | MOON SCAPE | |
| | Garlic Builder | older | $7.99 | 299 92% | 9.0k | $72k (exactly $71,670) | CaveLiquid |
 | Hero Roy's Wedding | older | $6.99 | 230 74% | 6.9k | $48k (exactly $48,231) | SwordRP5 |
 | Duck Life 4 | older | $4.99 | 261 86% | 7.8k | $39k (exactly $39,072) | Wix Games |
 | Unbeatable professional me with 100 girlfriends | · EA older | $9.99 | 101 51% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | philosophy♂ |
 | 极乐不羡仙 | $5.99 | 164 65% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | 仙常居ソフト | |
 | Go To Hell Must | older | $5.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $26k (exactly $26,416) | Easy S Studio |
 | Eros Memories: The Lewd Way to Save the World | $14.99 | 50 46% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,485) | S3xyGames | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | DIGGERGUN | $9.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Kabloop | |
 | Yuremizu: Hold It Through the Shift | $4.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Yaminato Aoi, Yamashita | |
 | Company Rising | $8.99 | 11 18% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Director Liu | |
 | Tortuga City | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | HerrGrievous |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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