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Should I ship an Arcade Parkour game?

Parkour + Arcade

Of 198 developers who shipped an Arcade Parkour game 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.. 248 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 111 developers shipped in the last year and 248 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 115% on the market, 248 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Arcade
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 198
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $836 → $898 → $1.2k → $449 → $359 → $300 → $418 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Arcade: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 198
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $358 (exactly $358)
Top 25% $2.2k (exactly $2,160)
Top 5% $35k (exactly $35,365)
Developers, 2 yr 198
Released games 573
Announced 248
Effort 6 / 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 up 115% on the market, supply 25% more 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.

Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Arcade
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
Parkour, Arcade; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 3D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Third Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 19,840 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $360, 1 in 4 over $2.1k, 1 in 20 over $35k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 114 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 248 games are announced against 111 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Walking SimulatorFair38 devs · median $719 · 32 announced
  2. + Combat RacingFair26 devs · median $719 · 23 announced
  3. + Precision PlatformerLong shot310 devs · median $359 · 293 announced
  4. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds8 devs · median $80k · 40 announced
  5. + SkateboardingPoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 20 announced
  6. + SwordplayPoor odds9 devs · median $4.2k · 33 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.4k · 72 announced
  8. + Dark FantasyPoor odds24 devs · median $3.4k · 37 announced
  9. + ModernPoor odds10 devs · median $3.1k · 24 announced
  10. + CatsPoor odds15 devs · median $3.1k · 18 announced
  11. + DestructionPoor odds10 devs · median $2.9k · 27 announced
  12. + StealthPoor odds26 devs · median $2.7k · 77 announced

All 109 pairs on the Parkour page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SpeedRunners 2016 · $10M Haste 2025 · $7.6M GTTOD 2017 · EA · $2.7M Cyber Hook 2020 · $1.4M N++ (NPLUSPLUS) 2016 · $1.3M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SpeedRunners older $14.99 22,842 94% 685k $10M (exactly $10,272,047) DoubleDutch Games
Haste $19.99 12,690 92% 381k $7.6M (exactly $7,610,193) Landfall
GTTOD · EA older $29.99 3,010 87% 90k $2.7M (exactly $2,708,097) Andrew Smith, STUDIO Bare Bones
Cyber Hook older $14.99 3,102 95% 93k $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) Blazing Stick
N++ (NPLUSPLUS) older $14.99 2,825 95% 85k $1.3M (exactly $1,270,402) Metanet Software Inc.
STORROR Parkour Pro · EA $24.99 1,605 71% 48k $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios
Superflight older $2.99 11,047 96% 331k $991k (exactly $990,916) GrizzlyGames
VHOLUME $8.00 2,992 97% 90k $718k (exactly $718,080) Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels… (Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels Tiercelin)
Sprint Vector older $29.99 576 83% 17k $518k (exactly $518,227) Survios
Amazing Frog? 2 · EA older $19.99 726 77% 22k $435k (exactly $435,382) Fayju
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding $11.99 920 96% 28k $331k (exactly $330,924) Studio Gauntlet
Double Dragon Revive $34.99 157 63% 4.7k $165k (exactly $164,803) YUKE’S
SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed $9.99 447 55% 13k $134k (exactly $133,966) Fair Play Labs
Beetleball $7.99 354 93% 11k $85k (exactly $84,854) Bugfight Studio
4Wheel Challenge $3.99 409 57% 12k $49k (exactly $48,957) LJ3D STUDIOS
Galumb $7.99 148 28% 4.4k $35k (exactly $35,476) OB
JETRUNNER $9.99 118 96% 3.5k $35k (exactly $35,365) Riddlebit Software

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