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Should I ship a Building Parkour game?

Parkour + Building

Only 14 developers shipped a Building 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, Carry The Glass, 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, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue up 5455% on the market, 26 announced, ×2.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Parkour + Building
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 14
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $83k → $449 → $7.6k → $55k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Building: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 14
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $55k (exactly $54,948)
Top 5% $425k (exactly $424,998)
Developers, 2 yr 14
Released games 41
Announced 26
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 5455% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 27%, 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
Building
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, Building
Price point
$7.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 75% positive over 3,835 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 $450, 1 in 4 over $54k, 1 in 20 over $420k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 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

Carry The Glass 2024 · $425k Survival Machine 2026 · $415k The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator 2023 · EA · $306k Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube 2014 · $182k Youropa 2018 · $130k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Carry The Glass $4.99 2,839 75% 85k $425k (exactly $424,998) Çağatay Demir, Enes Kaplan
Survival Machine $19.99 692 69% 21k $415k (exactly $414,992) Grape Pickers
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator · EA older $14.99 681 91% 20k $306k (exactly $306,246) PeatyTurf
Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube older $9.99 608 87% 18k $182k (exactly $182,218) Liquid Flower
Youropa older $14.99 288 93% 8.6k $130k (exactly $129,514) frecle
PlayForm: Human Dynamics older $19.99 171 88% 5.1k $103k (exactly $102,549) Code}{atch
Zombie Survival Game Online · EA older $9.99 276 67% 8.3k $83k (exactly $82,717) Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Graffism VR - Graffiti Simulator · EA $24.99 98 86% 2.9k $73k (exactly $73,471) VRiteLabs
Slip & Skid $12.99 141 97% 4.2k $55k (exactly $54,948) NHOGS Interactive
Stack Prootocol $8.99 28 100% 840 $7.6k (exactly $7,552) Dare Looks, Mahmu-Kai
LINK Penguins $5.99 31 87% 930 $5.6k (exactly $5,571) lemorion_1224
Wobbly Construction! $4.99 3 33% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Silly Tiger
Arcade Galaxy $7.99 1 100% 30 $240 (exactly $240) RCADE Corp., Macaca Games
No Time to Build $5.99 1 100% 30 $180 (exactly $180) Teqes Studio
Exit Plan $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Iris Interactive

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