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Should I ship a Building Puzzle Platformer?
Building + Puzzle Platformer
Of 42 developers who shipped a Building Puzzle Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 56 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 25 developers shipped in the last year and 56 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,277) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 42 |
| Released games | 146 |
| Announced | 56 |
| 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 110% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building, Puzzle Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, 3D Platformer, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Colorful, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 5,076 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
The Pedestrian 2020 · $3.1M 
LEGO® Voyagers 2025 · $1.4M 
Train Valley 2 2019 · $1.1M 
Carry The Glass 2024 · $425k 
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator 2023 · EA · $306k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Pedestrian | older | $19.99 | 5,173 96% | 155k | $3.1M (exactly $3,102,248) | Skookum Arts |
| | LEGO® Voyagers | $24.99 | 1,859 88% | 56k | $1.4M (exactly $1,393,692) | Light Brick Studio | |
| | Train Valley 2 | older | $14.99 | 2,356 90% | 71k | $1.1M (exactly $1,059,493) | Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timof… (Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm) |
| | Carry The Glass | $4.99 | 2,839 75% | 85k | $425k (exactly $424,998) | Çağatay Demir, Enes Kaplan | |
| | The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 681 91% | 20k | $306k (exactly $306,246) | PeatyTurf |
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 | Youropa | older | $14.99 | 288 93% | 8.6k | $130k (exactly $129,514) | frecle |
 | Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary | older | $19.99 | 167 89% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | Toxic Games |
 | Inferno Protocol | · EA | $13.49 | 144 79% | 4.3k | $58k (exactly $58,277) | Tektonic Interactive |
 | Incredipede | older | $9.99 | 153 79% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,854) | Colin Northway with art by Thomas Shahan |
 | Junkster | $9.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $16,783) | Stormcloud Games Limited | |
 | The Lilliput Workshop | $7.99 | 51 88% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Cotton Game | |
 | 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 | |
 | Grooveyard | $4.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | GuavaGoose Games | |
 | Ploko | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Nifty cat studio | |
 | 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) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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