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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Snow Action-Adventure?

Action-Adventure + Snow

Of 32 developers who shipped a Snow Action-Adventure 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.. 63 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×334 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 63 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 40% on the market, 63 announced, ×4.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Action-Adventure + Snow
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 32
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.9k → $2.1k → $599 → $3.2k → $3.1k → $359 (still earning) → $1.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action-Adventure + Snow: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 32
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $1.2k (exactly $1,199)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,224)
Top 5% $210k (exactly $209,700)
Developers, 2 yr 32
Released games 88
Announced 63
Effort 6 / 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 up 40% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Snow
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Action-Adventure; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Survival
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, Third Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 6,064 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $1.2k, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $200k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 63 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action-Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair63 devs · median $12k · 69 announced
  2. + MinigamesFair18 devs · median $6.7k · 19 announced
  3. + BikesFair11 devs · median $2.5k · 11 announced
  4. + TransportationFair21 devs · median $2.3k · 22 announced
  5. + MotorbikeFair9 devs · median $2.3k · 12 announced
  6. + TypingLong shot14 devs · median $360 · 16 announced
  7. + Time AttackLong shot12 devs · median $150 · 17 announced
  8. + Character Action GamePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  9. + MMORPGPoor odds15 devs · median $25k · 116 announced
  10. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds49 devs · median $25k · 133 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds81 devs · median $24k · 135 announced
  12. + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds12 devs · median $17k · 26 announced

All 242 pairs on the Action-Adventure page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Project Winter 2019 · $4.1M Sledders 2025 · $3.9M Kona II: Brume 2023 · $390k Near Death 2016 · $242k Another Try 2 2025 · EA · $210k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Project Winter older $9.99 13,662 84% 410k $4.1M (exactly $4,094,501) Other Ocean Interactive
Sledders $29.99 4,372 95% 131k $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) Hanki Games
Kona II: Brume older $29.99 433 80% 13k $390k (exactly $389,570) Parabole
Near Death older $7.99 1,010 91% 30k $242k (exactly $242,097) Orthogonal Games
Another Try 2 · EA $6.99 1,000 53% 30k $210k (exactly $209,700) Hoki Wolf Studio
Relicta older $19.99 234 76% 7.0k $140k (exactly $140,330) Mighty Polygon
Frozen Ship · EA $19.99 142 76% 4.3k $85k (exactly $85,157) Nionetix
The Alto Collection older $9.99 263 94% 7.9k $79k (exactly $78,821) Land & Sea
The Black Ice · EA $14.99 147 77% 4.4k $66k (exactly $66,106) RED CRAB GAMES, Antelus Games
ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL $7.99 227 86% 6.8k $54k (exactly $54,412) Cherrypick Games
Snow Bros. Wonderland $29.99 40 80% 1.2k $36k (exactly $35,988) Tatsujin, Bitwave Games, Toaplan
LINK Penguins $5.99 31 87% 930 $5.6k (exactly $5,571) lemorion_1224
Hypotheses on the Symmetry between Vision and Hands $1.99 54 96% 1.6k $3.2k (exactly $3,224) Finger tip
Heat or Die $2.99 35 80% 1.1k $3.1k (exactly $3,140) Mounpeak Games
Snowscape $4.99 16 93% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) Cosnow, Yim Sang Woo, parser, MEADOWS95

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.