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Should I ship a Boomer Shooter Parkour game?

Parkour + Boomer Shooter

Only 13 developers shipped a Boomer Shooter Parkour 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, Brush Burial: Gutter World, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×400 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 105% on the market, 25 announced, ×3.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Boomer Shooter
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $16k → $6.0k → $29k → $2.1k → $2.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Boomer Shooter: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $2.2k (exactly $2,160)
Top 25% $22k (exactly $21,733)
Top 5% $251k (exactly $251,149)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 25
Announced 25
Effort 6 / 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 up 105% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Boomer Shooter
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Parkour, Boomer Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,564 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $2.2k, 1 in 4 over $21k, 1 in 20 over $250k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Walking SimulatorFair38 devs · median $719 · 32 announced
  2. + Combat RacingFair26 devs · median $719 · 23 announced
  3. + Precision PlatformerLong shot310 devs · median $359 · 293 announced
  4. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds8 devs · median $80k · 40 announced
  5. + SkateboardingPoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 20 announced
  6. + SwordplayPoor odds9 devs · median $4.2k · 33 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.4k · 72 announced
  8. + Dark FantasyPoor odds24 devs · median $3.4k · 37 announced
  9. + ModernPoor odds10 devs · median $3.1k · 24 announced
  10. + CatsPoor odds15 devs · median $3.1k · 18 announced
  11. + DestructionPoor odds10 devs · median $2.9k · 27 announced
  12. + StealthPoor odds26 devs · median $2.7k · 77 announced

All 109 pairs on the Parkour page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Boomerang X 2021 · $736k Brush Burial: Gutter World 2025 · $251k BAIONLENJA 2025 · EA · $199k Warstride Challenges 2023 · $145k GLUM 2025 · EA · $29k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Boomerang X older $19.99 1,228 95% 37k $736k (exactly $736,432) DANG!
Brush Burial: Gutter World $9.99 838 93% 25k $251k (exactly $251,149) Knife Demon Software
BAIONLENJA · EA $12.99 510 97% 15k $199k (exactly $198,747) BAION
Warstride Challenges older $19.99 242 89% 7.3k $145k (exactly $145,127) Dream Powered Games
GLUM · EA $12.49 78 64% 2.3k $29k (exactly $29,227) CinderCat Games
Gunstoppable $12.49 58 81% 1.7k $22k (exactly $21,733) CAGE Studios
TAGLINE older $9.99 52 92% 1.6k $16k (exactly $15,584) NOTH
Marrow Marrow $13.99 20 100% 600 $8.4k (exactly $8,394) Monster Moon
FLASH OF THE BLADE X older $2.99 74 94% 2.2k $6.6k (exactly $6,638) DOSMan Games
Sherwood Extreme older $9.99 20 100% 600 $6.0k (exactly $5,994) CAGE Studios
HYPER PRIMATE $14.99 5 100% 150 $2.2k (exactly $2,248) Totem Softproducts
GUN.DOG.REVENGE $4.00 18 100% 540 $2.2k (exactly $2,160) MEWSTURBO
Mechanical Fury - Prologue $4.99 14 78% 420 $2.1k (exactly $2,096) Avian Hearts
SHAKE · EA $2.99 22 100% 660 $2.0k (exactly $1,973) Kyle Furey, Avery Akashian, Miguel Giga… (Kyle Furey, Avery Akashian, Miguel Gigandet)
Spoopcore 3D $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Ms. Basilisk

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.