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Level Editor + Cats
Only 9 developers shipped a Cat Level Editor 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, Hidden in my Paradise, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $390; 1 in 20 cleared $47k, ×76 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $390 (exactly $390) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) |
| Top 5% | $48k (exactly $47,952) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 75% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 91% positive over 259 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Level Editor with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + AutomationLong shot
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
BattleBlock Theater® 2014 · $25M 
Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity 2019 · $247k 
Copy Kitty 2018 · $155k 
MouseCraft 2014 · $60k 
Hidden in my Paradise 2024 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BattleBlock Theater® | older | $14.99 | 55,793 97% | 1.7M | $25M (exactly $25,090,112) | The Behemoth |
| | Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity | older | $9.99 | 824 83% | 25k | $247k (exactly $246,953) | 2Play, Prasius |
| | Copy Kitty | older | $14.99 | 345 97% | 10k | $155k (exactly $155,146) | Nuclear Strawberry |
| | MouseCraft | older | $9.99 | 200 85% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Crunching Koalas |
| | Hidden in my Paradise | $9.99 | 160 90% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,952) | Ogre Pixel | |
 | Box Cats Puzzle | older | $2.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,894) | CatSaw |
 | Of Mice and Moggies | older | $7.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Bippinbits |
 | Cats in Cozy Rooms | $4.99 | 44 97% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | AGE Zero, Odd Grape Studio | |
 | Hidden around the World | $7.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Ogre Pixel | |
 | Sticky Paws | older | $3.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $4.4k (exactly $4,429) | Jonnil |
 | Cattopia | $7.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Timesoft | |
 | BoomBox Remastered | · EA | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Cyberspline Games Inc. |
 | MiDiO! | · EA | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Schira |
 | Fur and Void | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | DFS | |
 | Boing! | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Benuna Games | |
 | Meow Path 2 | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | OKCITY | |
 | Pets party | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zucke |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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