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Should I ship an AI Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Artificial Intelligence
Only 11 developers shipped an AI 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, Space Accident VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.3k, ×6.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×248 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,792) |
| Top 5% | $118k (exactly $117,741) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 748 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 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
Will You Snail? 2022 · $827k 
Space Accident VR 2025 · $118k 
NODE 2025 · $109k 
Dofamine VR 2025 · $52k 
Left Not Right 2026 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Will You Snail? | older | $10.99 | 2,509 97% | 75k | $827k (exactly $827,217) | Jonas Tyroller |
| | Space Accident VR | $16.99 | 231 82% | 6.9k | $118k (exactly $117,741) | VR-WRG | |
| | NODE | $24.99 | 146 91% | 4.4k | $109k (exactly $109,456) | Lapsus Games | |
| | Dofamine VR | $9.99 | 173 82% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | VR-WRG | |
| | Left Not Right | $6.99 | 61 93% | 1.8k | $13k (exactly $12,792) | GamjaGames | |
 | Warm Monkey | $9.00 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,690) | Evprod | |
 | Super Hiking League DX | older | $6.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Bit Ink Studios |
 | Blade Jumper | older | $6.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | bit paradigm |
 | GROUND-UNBOUND | older | $4.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Frinky |
 | Velvet | $2.99 | 51 94% | 1.5k | $4.6k (exactly $4,575) | Inspite | |
 | Organic Evolution | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Vital Signs | $2.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | grishkogameplay | |
 | Private Matters | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | grishkogameplay | |
 | Unbound | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | grishkogameplay |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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