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Should I ship a Skateboarding Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Skateboarding
Only 11 developers shipped a Skateboarding Action-Adventure 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, High On Life 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.7k against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 25% | $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,639,340) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Skateboarding
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Skateboarding
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 5,942 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.6k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
High On Life 2 2026 · $2.6M 
Sword of the Sea 2025 · $1.5M 
STORROR Parkour Pro 2025 · EA · $1.2M 
Gori: Cuddly Carnage 2024 · $946k 
Helskate 2025 · $226k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | High On Life 2 | $39.99 | 2,200 71% | 66k | $2.6M (exactly $2,639,340) | Squanch Games, Inc. | |
| | Sword of the Sea | $29.99 | 1,638 89% | 49k | $1.5M (exactly $1,473,709) | Giant Squid | |
| | STORROR Parkour Pro | · EA | $24.99 | 1,605 71% | 48k | $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) | Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios |
| | Gori: Cuddly Carnage | older | $21.99 | 1,434 96% | 43k | $946k (exactly $946,010) | Angry Demon Studio |
| | Helskate | $24.99 | 301 65% | 9.0k | $226k (exactly $225,660) | Phantom Coast | |
 | Thirsty Suitors | older | $29.99 | 233 96% | 7.0k | $210k (exactly $209,630) | Outerloop Games |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | Wave Break | older | $19.99 | 66 83% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $39,580) | Funktronic Labs |
 | Skator Gator 3D | older | $4.99 | 176 96% | 5.3k | $26k (exactly $26,347) | Weathered Sweater |
 | RoboSkate | older | $6.99 | 82 89% | 2.5k | $17k (exactly $17,195) | Matas Sakalauskas |
 | Bambas! | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | DevilishGames | |
 | Sonki's Lagoon | · EA | $7.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | CocoDev |
 | good | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | zzox | |
 | Surfing the Web With the Alien | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Infinite Baffle | |
 | Slide Faster | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Puzzle Drop Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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