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Should I ship a Parkour Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Parkour
Only 5 developers shipped a paid Parkour Battle Royale 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, Crab Game 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 15 more are announced, ×7.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $1.3k. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 5% | $4.3k (exactly $4,309) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 10 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 43%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Parkour
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Parkour
- 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 $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 55% positive over 415 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
FALL GIRLS 2022 · $39k 
LASERS 2024 · $11k 
Up or Lava! 2023 · $6.1k 
Crab Game 2 2024 · $4.3k 
Monkey Doo 2023 · $4.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FALL GIRLS | older | $6.99 | 187 49% | 5.6k | $39k (exactly $39,214) | Squid Developer |
| | LASERS | older | $2.99 | 127 66% | 3.8k | $11k (exactly $11,392) | Straight Back Games |
| | Up or Lava! | older | $4.99 | 41 68% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | Garden of Dreams |
| | Crab Game 2 | $3.99 | 36 22% | 1.1k | $4.3k (exactly $4,309) | Jeff | |
| | Monkey Doo | older | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Continuum XR |
 | CrazyParty | · EA older | $7.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Kentaro |
 | Commando Hero 2 : First Blood | older | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Montee Games |
 | Super Bora Dragon Eyes | older | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | celikgames |
 | Christmas Runner | older | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | xe2050 |
 | BIG BALLS | · EA | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | BIG BALL |
 | Bouncy Escape | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Daniel Sitkiewicz | |
 | Crabs: Chef's Story | · EA | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 3 Guns Ltd |
 | Maze escape | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZZ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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