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Should I ship a Platformer Base Building game?
Base Building + Platformer
Only 13 developers shipped a Platformer Base Building 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, Kentum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×6.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $92k, ×148 the market median. Revenue is up 1215% on the market; 37 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) |
| Top 5% | $93k (exactly $92,828) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 1215% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Base Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Base Building, Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 300 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.2 per shipper.
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Junk Jack 2016 · $198k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Regions Of Ruin | older | $11.99 | 1,972 84% | 59k | $709k (exactly $709,328) | Gameclaw Studio |
| | Actraiser Renaissance | older | $29.99 | 708 74% | 21k | $637k (exactly $636,988) | Square Enix, Sonic Powered |
| | The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 681 91% | 20k | $306k (exactly $306,246) | PeatyTurf |
| | PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy | older | $9.99 | 808 77% | 24k | $242k (exactly $242,158) | Q-Games Ltd. |
| | Junk Jack | older | $14.99 | 440 78% | 13k | $198k (exactly $197,868) | Pixbits |
 | Smelter | older | $19.99 | 165 64% | 5.0k | $99k (exactly $98,950) | X PLUS Co., Ltd. |
 | Kentum | $17.99 | 172 75% | 5.2k | $93k (exactly $92,828) | Tlön Industries | |
 | Ad Fundum | older | $6.99 | 429 93% | 13k | $90k (exactly $89,961) | Oldbut Gold |
 | Garlic Builder | older | $7.99 | 299 92% | 9.0k | $72k (exactly $71,670) | CaveLiquid |
 | Minicology | older | $14.99 | 53 64% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Isaac Denner |
 | Tempest Tower | $14.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Half Past Yellow | |
 | AI Faith: Compute [>_AIFC] | $4.99 | 55 81% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Beneloop.ai | |
 | Blueprint Bob | $6.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | Alexander Lahti, Suumpmolk, The LoFi Bo… (Alexander Lahti, Suumpmolk, The LoFi Boi, MrMusicGuy) | |
 | DiDiDiG | $8.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | ISIT Studio | |
 | StarMoon Forest | · EA | $10.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) | VC Power Studio |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | Fief Lord | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | 姚子豪 | |
 | Steal Shift | · EA | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Fusion Iconic |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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