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Bikes + Platformer
Only 5 developers shipped a Platformer Bike 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, Swiftrace Canyon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $6.4k, ×4.3 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 4 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 5% | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bikes
- 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
- Bikes, 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 6,096 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 4 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Bikes with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CyclingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + RacingPoor odds
Comparable games
Trials® Rising 2019 · $1.7M 
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition 2013 · $1.4M 
Turbo Kid 2024 · $241k 
Steel Rats™ 2018 · $93k 
FutureGrind 2019 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trials® Rising | older | $19.99 | 2,860 62% | 86k | $1.7M (exactly $1,715,142) | RedLynx |
| | Trials Evolution: Gold Edition | older | $19.99 | 2,253 74% | 68k | $1.4M (exactly $1,351,124) | Redlynx Ltd, Ubisoft Shanghaï |
| | Turbo Kid | older | $19.99 | 402 92% | 12k | $241k (exactly $241,079) | Outerminds Inc. |
| | Steel Rats™ | older | $9.99 | 310 63% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $92,907) | Tate Multimedia |
| | FutureGrind | older | $19.99 | 59 91% | 1.8k | $35k (exactly $35,382) | Milkbag Games |
 | Icycle: On Thin Ice | older | $6.99 | 107 96% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Damp Gnat |
 | Urban Trial Tricky™ Deluxe Edition | older | $19.99 | 16 56% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Tate Multimedia |
 | Watch Your Ride - Bicycle Game | older | $7.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Tiny Magicians |
 | Homeland | older | $5.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $7.2k (exactly $7,188) | HeadHunters games |
 | Swiftrace Canyon | $11.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Optimotter | |
 | Pedals in Panic | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | MOJODYNAMIC | |
 | Chained Bikes | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | Enceladus Games | |
 | JumPixelBike | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Tomiomi Games | |
 | Bike Stunts Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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