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Should I ship an Alternate-History Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Alternate History
Only 7 developers shipped an Alternate-History Precision Platformer 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, Sheep Seeker, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×9.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 5% | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Alternate History
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 899 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Time Loader 2021 · $93k 
Aztech Forgotten Gods 2022 · $45k 
Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures 2023 · $43k 
AtmaSphere 2 2024 · $22k 
Presentiment of Death 2023 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Time Loader | older | $7.99 | 387 83% | 12k | $93k (exactly $92,764) | Flazm |
| | Aztech Forgotten Gods | older | $29.99 | 50 66% | 1.5k | $45k (exactly $44,985) | Lienzo |
| | Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures | older | $29.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $43k (exactly $43,186) | Frozen Pixel |
| | AtmaSphere 2 | older | $4.99 | 146 79% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Mazen Games |
| | Presentiment of Death | older | $14.99 | 45 71% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | XOCUS |
 | Sheep Seeker | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Isaac MENARD, Luna GARCIN, Alexander KI… (Isaac MENARD, Luna GARCIN, Alexander KIRK, Séverin RICHARD, Matthieu FARROW, François HANUS, Quentin EUNG, Mattéo GLAIRON-MONDET, Lucas RENARD, Céline TRUONG) | |
 | Trash Bandits | older | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Crab Bucket Software |
 | Stickit | older | $2.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $3.7k (exactly $3,678) | Symfonim |
 | Into the Sinkhole | older | $0.99 | 122 78% | 3.7k | $3.6k (exactly $3,623) | cream |
 | Mr.Bottle and his dream | older | $2.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $2.3k (exactly $2,332) | BeyondTheWind |
 | PlanckMan | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | bl3i | |
 | Car May Fly | · EA | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | carmayflystudio |
 | POGO Epoch: Impossible 99% | · EA | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 힉학헉 |
 | Pizza Rogue: P.P.M.P.D.E.S. | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Seaweaver, Snowifer | |
 | Struggle | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Galactic Lake | |
 | Jumper | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Antgrite |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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