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Should I ship an Adventure Skateboarding game?
Skateboarding + Adventure
Only 19 developers shipped an Adventure Skateboarding 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, 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.. 28 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $2.6M, ×4203 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) |
| Top 25% | $226k (exactly $225,660) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,639,340) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Skateboarding
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Adventure
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Skateboarding, Adventure; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 8,702 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Skateboarding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + 3D PlatformerPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + ParkourPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + Action-AdventureDead
Comparable games
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020 · $22M 
High On Life 2 2026 · $2.6M 
Skate Story 2025 · $1.6M 
Sword of the Sea 2025 · $1.5M 
STORROR Parkour Pro 2025 · EA · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game | older | $39.99 | 18,400 86% | 552k | $22M (exactly $22,074,480) | Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd |
| | High On Life 2 | $39.99 | 2,200 71% | 66k | $2.6M (exactly $2,639,340) | Squanch Games, Inc. | |
| | Skate Story | $19.99 | 2,733 96% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,638,980) | by Sam Eng | |
| | 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 |
 | Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends | older | $6.99 | 5,586 85% | 168k | $1.2M (exactly $1,171,384) | Superku |
 | 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 |
 | Tanuki Sunset | older | $14.99 | 451 93% | 14k | $203k (exactly $202,815) | Rewind Games |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | Seafrog | $14.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | OhMyMe Games | |
 | Ollie-Oop | $12.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | Almost Playable Games | |
 | Bambas! | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | DevilishGames | |
 | Heart of Summer | $15.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) | Akehabara |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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