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Should I ship an Assassin Platformer?
Platformer + Assassins
Only 11 developers shipped an Assassin 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, Neon Inferno, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×1.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×151 the market median. Revenue is up 4765% on the market; 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) |
| Top 25% | $79k (exactly $78,718) |
| Top 5% | $227k (exactly $226,687) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 4765% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Assassins
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 718 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 23 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered 2018 · $3.9M 
Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: China 2015 · $1.1M 
STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ 2024 · $696k 
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity 2018 · $548k 
Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: Russia 2016 · $375k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mark of the Ninja: Remastered | older | $19.99 | 6,584 95% | 198k | $3.9M (exactly $3,948,425) | Klei Entertainment |
| | Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: China | older | $9.99 | 3,658 73% | 110k | $1.1M (exactly $1,096,303) | Climax Studios |
| | STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ | older | $19.99 | 1,160 83% | 35k | $696k (exactly $695,652) | Aspyr |
| | Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity | older | $14.99 | 1,219 91% | 37k | $548k (exactly $548,184) | Ankake Spa |
| | Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: Russia | older | $9.99 | 1,252 58% | 38k | $375k (exactly $375,224) | Climax Studios |
 | Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: India | older | $9.99 | 1,110 65% | 33k | $333k (exactly $332,667) | Climax Studios |
 | Neon Inferno | $19.99 | 378 92% | 11k | $227k (exactly $226,687) | Zenovia Interactive | |
 | Armed with Wings: Rearmed | older | $9.99 | 406 87% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,678) | Sun-Studios |
 | The Siege and the Sandfox | $14.99 | 180 64% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | Cardboard Sword | |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City | $24.99 | 105 76% | 3.2k | $79k (exactly $78,718) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | KIYO - Bunny Tyranny | $14.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Pixel Rats | |
 | Project Chameleon | $9.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Anonymous King | |
 | Phantom Playhouse | $7.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Kakytron | |
 | Ninjora Echoes | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | BUG-Studio | |
 | SZX | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Venagon | |
 | Wren's Resurgence | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Soliloquy Games | |
 | Pew Pew Gaem 3 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Saem |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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