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Should I ship a Platformer Basketball game?
Basketball + Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Platformer Basketball 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, Dunkadillo, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $900 against a market of $1.5k. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
| Top 5% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Basketball
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Basketball, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 531 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Basketball with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + PvPFair
- + SimulationFair
- + PhysicsLong shot
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + AdventureDead
- + Immersive SimDead
Comparable games
Regular Human Basketball 2018 · $33k 
Pile Up! Box by Box 2021 · $28k 
Grapple Hoops 2021 · $27k 
BasketBelle 2014 · $13k 
Dunkadillo 2025 · $5.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Regular Human Basketball | older | $4.99 | 222 93% | 6.7k | $33k (exactly $33,233) | Powerhoof |
| | Pile Up! Box by Box | older | $14.99 | 63 92% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | Seed by Seed |
| | Grapple Hoops | older | $11.99 | 75 73% | 2.3k | $27k (exactly $26,978) | Andreas Georgiou |
| | BasketBelle | older | $4.99 | 84 80% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | Studio Bean |
| | Dunkadillo | $9.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Thomas K. Young | |
 | DepowerBall | older | $17.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Mega Power Games |
 | Layup Legends™ | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Luke Stanback | |
 | The Jump Guys | older | $5.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | Plitka Games |
 | Dunk Dunk | $6.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Badgerhammer Limited | |
 | Mike the Hooper | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Steel Arrow | |
 | Shoot Up Basketball Pro | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | mindoverloadgames | |
 | Average Human Ball Game | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Ultra Hypa Studios | |
 | Mini Games Retro 90s | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Ewerton José Wantroba | |
 | BoxBox | $4.50 | 1 100% | 30 | $135 (exactly $135) | Josip Horvat HardHatDev | |
 | iKun Go Go Go | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 路过的萌佬 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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