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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Transportation game?
Transportation + 2D Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Transportation game 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, Ile d'Or, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 5% | $74k (exactly $73,751) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Transportation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Transportation, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $22.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,091 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Transportation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + PvPFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + RacingFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + LogicFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
Comparable games
JR EAST Train Simulator 2022 · $844k 
Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto 2022 · $200k 
Mega Mall Story 2022 · $81k 
Ile d'Or 2025 · EA · $74k 
Crossing Guard Joe 2022 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | JR EAST Train Simulator | older | $22.99 | 1,224 77% | 37k | $844k (exactly $844,193) | ONGAKUKAN Co.,Ltd. |
| | Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto | older | $59.99 | 111 87% | 3.3k | $200k (exactly $199,767) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
| | Mega Mall Story | older | $8.99 | 302 94% | 9.1k | $81k (exactly $81,449) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Ile d'Or | · EA | $14.99 | 164 88% | 4.9k | $74k (exactly $73,751) | あとらそふと |
| | Crossing Guard Joe | older | $5.99 | 196 93% | 5.9k | $35k (exactly $35,221) | September Games |
 | Capital Simulator | older | $5.99 | 49 61% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | chenjd |
 | Road Builder | older | $9.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | MS GAMES |
 | Multiply Factory | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Time Shrink Studio |
 | FLOWORKS | · EA | $7.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | QUENCH FORGE |
 | Gravity Drop | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Octopie Lab | |
 | UFO-Man | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Dyglone | |
 | KOALAS DELIV & GUY | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | RYO.DESIGN | |
 | BeWHEELdering | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Games By Nemiz | |
 | Robot-Mail Rush | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Green Goose Corporation | |
 | Spongiorno: Schwammfred Moving Company | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | HappyHoppo | |
 | Tides of Trade: Eastern Horizons | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | alpha |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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