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Should I ship a Building Precision Platformer?

Building + Precision Platformer

Only 15 developers shipped a Building Precision Platformer 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, Get To Work, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 22 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 385% on the market, 22 announced, ×2.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Building + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $90 → $897 → $449 → $4.4k → $807 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Building + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $3.8k (exactly $3,775)
Top 5% $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 53
Announced 22
Effort 5 / 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 385% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 23%, 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.

Building
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Building, Precision Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 3,548 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 $300, 1 in 4 over $3.7k, 1 in 20 over $1.3M.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

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  3. + TabletopFair56 devs · median $1.9k · 58 announced
  4. + Grid-Based MovementFair50 devs · median $719 · 57 announced
  5. + Interactive FictionFair17 devs · median $449 · 20 announced
  6. + Vehicular CombatPoor odds14 devs · median $303k · 40 announced
  7. + JRPGPoor odds10 devs · median $89k · 20 announced
  8. + Dating SimPoor odds28 devs · median $85k · 61 announced
  9. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds112 devs · median $71k · 251 announced
  10. + Real-TimePoor odds14 devs · median $62k · 20 announced
  11. + CrimePoor odds13 devs · median $55k · 52 announced
  12. + SailingPoor odds13 devs · median $52k · 40 announced

All 210 pairs on the Building page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Get To Work 2024 · $1.3M Bomb The Monsters! 2015 · $33k Block'Em! 2022 · $9.0k MOVERS IN THE WAREHOUSE 2021 · $8.2k Stack Prootocol 2025 · $7.6k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Get To Work $12.99 3,456 88% 104k $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) Isto Inc.
Bomb The Monsters! older $4.99 221 77% 6.6k $33k (exactly $33,084) Finalboss game studio
Block'Em! older $6.99 43 86% 1.3k $9.0k (exactly $9,017) Cat Shawl Games
MOVERS IN THE WAREHOUSE older $24.99 11 90% 330 $8.2k (exactly $8,247) Bocharov Games
Stack Prootocol $8.99 28 100% 840 $7.6k (exactly $7,552) Dare Looks, Mahmu-Kai
Super Mega Zero older $9.99 24 100% 720 $7.2k (exactly $7,193) Silkworm
Ultimate Monkey Race older $4.99 33 72% 990 $4.9k (exactly $4,940) CashcowGames
OrePlant · EA $6.99 21 76% 630 $4.4k (exactly $4,404) Hypercent Inc.
Blueprint Bob $6.99 18 100% 540 $3.8k (exactly $3,775) Alexander Lahti, Suumpmolk, The LoFi Bo… (Alexander Lahti, Suumpmolk, The LoFi Boi, MrMusicGuy)
Oik Memory 3 older $0.99 93 89% 2.8k $2.8k (exactly $2,762) Crew Lab
FLOWORKS · EA $7.99 7 71% 210 $1.7k (exactly $1,678) QUENCH FORGE
Pile Up, Pirate! $2.99 9 100% 270 $807 (exactly $807) Red Ridge Studio
Wobbly Construction! $4.99 3 33% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Silly Tiger
Fragile Packages: Handle with Care $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Jon Warner Studios
Arcade Galaxy $7.99 1 100% 30 $240 (exactly $240) RCADE Corp., Macaca Games
Craftimals: Build to the Sun $1.99 3 100% 90 $179 (exactly $179) Roppy Chop Studios

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