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Should I ship a Bullet Time Parkour game?
Parkour + Bullet Time
Of 20 developers who shipped a Bullet Time Parkour game 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.. 35 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $1.0M, ×1627 the market median. Revenue is up 2460% on the market; 35 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 35 |
| 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 2460% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, Bullet Time; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, FPS
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Linear
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 3,409 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
My Friend Pedro 2019 · $15M 
Severed Steel 2021 · $6.7M 
Killer Bean 2026 · EA · $1.0M 
Boomerang X 2021 · $736k 
Shady Knight 2024 · $539k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | My Friend Pedro | older | $19.99 | 24,570 95% | 737k | $15M (exactly $14,734,629) | DeadToast Entertainment |
| | Severed Steel | older | $24.99 | 8,880 95% | 266k | $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) | Greylock Studio |
| | Killer Bean | · EA | $14.99 | 2,272 73% | 68k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) | Killer Bean Studios LLC |
| | Boomerang X | older | $19.99 | 1,228 95% | 37k | $736k (exactly $736,432) | DANG! |
| | Shady Knight | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Alexey 'cptnsigh' | |
 | Warstride Challenges | older | $19.99 | 242 89% | 7.3k | $145k (exactly $145,127) | Dream Powered Games |
 | Madshot | older | $19.99 | 210 79% | 6.3k | $126k (exactly $125,937) | Overflow |
 | Pro Gymnast Simulator | older | $14.99 | 105 92% | 3.2k | $47k (exactly $47,218) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
 | Grapple Hoops | older | $11.99 | 75 73% | 2.3k | $27k (exactly $26,978) | Andreas Georgiou |
 | Parkour Labs | older | $12.99 | 56 92% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,823) | SoyKhaler |
 | Gunstoppable | $12.49 | 58 81% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,733) | CAGE Studios | |
 | SPEEDSHOT | $14.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $12k (exactly $12,142) | karmacode | |
 | Sheep Seeker | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Isaac MENARD, Luna GARCIN, Alexander KI… (Isaac MENARD, Luna GARCIN, Alexander KIRK, Séverin RICHARD, Matthieu FARROW, François HANUS, Quentin EUNG, Mattéo GLAIRON-MONDET, Lucas RENARD, Céline TRUONG) | |
 | Deedlee Doo! Carkour! | $3.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Just Purkey Games | |
 | DOSTAVKA | $2.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | SASHADEV, SASHA | |
 | Ricochet Raven | · EA | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Kaosrio |
 | Pigeon Hater | $1.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $2.9k (exactly $2,866) | Gif2MemeGame | |
 | LightQb | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | RobDoesStuff |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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