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Beat 'em up + Puzzle Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Puzzle 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, Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $480. 26 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $16,310) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,628 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 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
Unruly Heroes 2019 · $458k 
Armed with Wings: Rearmed 2017 · $122k 
You are Peter Shorts 2024 · $87k 
Ruvato: Original Complex 2020 · $17k 
Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb 2025 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Unruly Heroes | older | $19.99 | 763 74% | 23k | $458k (exactly $457,571) | Magic Design Studios |
| | Armed with Wings: Rearmed | older | $9.99 | 406 87% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,678) | Sun-Studios |
| | You are Peter Shorts | older | $14.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $87,242) | ondydev |
| | Ruvato: Original Complex | older | $14.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | REMIMORY |
| | Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb | $16.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $16k (exactly $16,310) | Brazen Games, Longtreader Games | |
 | Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag | older | $7.99 | 66 87% | 2.0k | $16k (exactly $15,820) | HitGrab |
 | Locuras en el Banaverso | $9.99 | 46 93% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | Newvicon Ltd | |
 | Exit Limbo: Opening | older | $9.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Virtual Craft Studio |
 | Tenebris Pictura | older | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Pentadimensional Games SL |
 | TAIKER | older | $4.99 | 37 56% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Team 4U |
 | Cyber Girl 2.0: RUNNING | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | PsychoGameFan | |
 | Wawa Cicada | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 竹知了, Wawa Cicada | |
 | ARO dangerous campaign | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexander Sevastianov | |
 | Island Wayfinder | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | mr.valik | |
 | Ninja: ShadowBlade | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sumit Katekar | |
 | Bunny Factory | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 纯朴Simpliciy | |
 | Chicken Battlefield | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | chickenbattlefielddevs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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