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Should I ship a Card Game Platformer?
Platformer + Card Game
Only 9 developers shipped a Card Game 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, GOOOOOOAL!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210, ×0.4 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 5% | $99k (exactly $98,624) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 down 100% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Platformer, Card Game
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 55,325 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + PinballStrong odds
- + Combat RacingFair
- + FMVFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
Comparable games
Neon White 2022 · $13M 
ROUNDS 2021 · $6.4M 
Golfie 2023 · $148k 
GOOOOOOAL! 2024 · $99k 
Bearnard 2024 · $77k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neon White | older | $24.99 | 17,259 97% | 518k | $13M (exactly $12,939,072) | Angel Matrix |
| | ROUNDS | older | $5.99 | 35,738 95% | 1.1M | $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) | Landfall |
| | Golfie | older | $17.99 | 275 66% | 8.3k | $148k (exactly $148,418) | Triheart Studio |
| | GOOOOOOAL! | $1.99 | 1,652 94% | 50k | $99k (exactly $98,624) | Lohsoft | |
| | Bearnard | older | $16.99 | 152 97% | 4.6k | $77k (exactly $77,474) | Michał Wikliński |
 | Shovel Knight: King of Cards | older | $9.99 | 187 88% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $56,044) | Yacht Club Games |
 | Nif Nif | $19.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Springfox Games | |
 | Tacape | older | $6.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | Really Long Birds, Aiyra |
 | Marabundle | older | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Astral Game Studio, Clops Game Studio,… (Astral Game Studio, Clops Game Studio, Ops Game Studio, Wired Dreams Studio) |
 | Drawn Down Abyss | older | $3.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | DaFluffyPotato |
 | The Upper Hand | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Brain Syringe Studios LLC | |
 | Pix Eliz Great Trilogy | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | LM2Play Studio, Marion L'asticot | |
 | Wraith of the Cards | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Team Wowasaur | |
 | Câi & Darren: Code Calamity | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Cole Dennie, Colton Thibert | |
 | IFCATWORKFORME | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | ELECHEART | |
 | NOSTALGIA | $2.20 | 1 0% | 30 | $66 (exactly $66) | SONG | |
 | Buttons Deathline | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Blackblood Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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