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Should I ship a Precision Platformer Beat 'em up?
Beat 'em up + Precision Platformer
Only 12 developers shipped a Precision Platformer Beat 'em up 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, Decline's Drops, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $76k, ×161 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) |
| Top 5% | $76k (exactly $76,449) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 20% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Beat 'em up, Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 93% positive over 243 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Beat 'em up with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RhythmFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + NinjaLong shot
- + Combat RacingLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
They Bleed Pixels 2012 · $611k 
You are Peter Shorts 2024 · $87k 
Decline's Drops 2024 · $76k 
RedEx 2020 · $27k 
Tanuki Justice 2021 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | They Bleed Pixels | older | $9.99 | 2,040 84% | 61k | $611k (exactly $611,388) | Spooky Squid Games Inc. |
| | You are Peter Shorts | older | $14.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $87,242) | ondydev |
| | Decline's Drops | $14.99 | 170 96% | 5.1k | $76k (exactly $76,449) | Le Moulin aux Bulles | |
| | RedEx | older | $7.99 | 111 77% | 3.3k | $27k (exactly $26,607) | fraimone, NipoBox |
| | Tanuki Justice | older | $14.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Wonderboy Bobi |
 | Ruvato: Original Complex | older | $14.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | REMIMORY |
 | Smashing Spirits: Brazil's First Boxer | older | $5.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | Sensen Games |
 | Kings and Pigs Prequel | older | $9.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Slime Clicker | $4.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Kyiv Indie Titans | |
 | BLOWFLY2:OVERLIMIT | older | $3.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | MEWSTURBO |
 | Roid Chimp | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Robert Panichpakdee | |
 | Nice To Yeet You | · EA | $5.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Empty Bottle |
 | Saga of Yurina | $4.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | FIVE DUCK GAMES | |
 | Briar Flame | $14.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | HappyDoodz Studios | |
 | Trouble In Paradise | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Vista Larga Games | |
 | Project Scrapper | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Whale Snail | |
 | Mortal Fight: Lethal Revenge | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kanuni Games OYUN YAZILIM VE PAZARLAMA… (Kanuni Games OYUN YAZILIM VE PAZARLAMA Ticaret Limited Sirketi) | |
 | ARO dangerous campaign | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexander Sevastianov |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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