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Should I ship a Cat Parkour game?

Parkour + Cats

Only 15 developers shipped a Cat Parkour 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, Kristala, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×4.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $810; 1 in 20 cleared $580k, ×927 the market median. Revenue is up 215% on the market; 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 215% on the market, 18 announced, ×3.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Cats
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: $3.5k → $838 → $28k → $807 → $5.5k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Cats: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $807 (exactly $807)
Median $3.1k (exactly $3,104)
Top 25% $41k (exactly $41,059)
Top 5% $582k (exactly $581,854)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 36
Announced 18
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

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 215% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, 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.

Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Cats
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Parkour
Price point
$8.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,354 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $810, median $3.1k, 1 in 4 over $41k, 1 in 20 over $580k.

3 in 10 developers made under $810. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Parkour with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Walking SimulatorFair38 devs · median $719 · 32 announced
  2. + Combat RacingFair26 devs · median $719 · 23 announced
  3. + Precision PlatformerLong shot310 devs · median $359 · 293 announced
  4. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds8 devs · median $80k · 40 announced
  5. + SkateboardingPoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 20 announced
  6. + SwordplayPoor odds9 devs · median $4.2k · 33 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.4k · 72 announced
  8. + Dark FantasyPoor odds24 devs · median $3.4k · 37 announced
  9. + ModernPoor odds10 devs · median $3.1k · 24 announced
  10. + DestructionPoor odds10 devs · median $2.9k · 27 announced
  11. + StealthPoor odds26 devs · median $2.7k · 77 announced
  12. + Open WorldPoor odds57 devs · median $2.4k · 106 announced

All 109 pairs on the Parkour page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Kristala 2026 · $582k Everdeep Aurora 2025 · $106k Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game 2025 · $66k Only Way is Down 2025 · $41k Jumping Jazz Cats 2025 · $40k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Kristala $39.99 485 71% 15k $582k (exactly $581,854) Astral Clocktower Studios
Everdeep Aurora $19.99 177 89% 5.3k $106k (exactly $106,147) Nautilus Games
Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game $9.99 220 96% 6.6k $66k (exactly $65,934) DarkBear Studios, iNightGaming LLC
Only Way is Down $9.99 137 63% 4.1k $41k (exactly $41,059) Jilted Generation Productions
Jumping Jazz Cats $8.99 148 74% 4.4k $40k (exactly $39,916) Le Catnip Collective
Cat Gets Medieval older $9.99 98 93% 2.9k $29k (exactly $29,371) LetMeowt Games LLC
CatboyZOOM · EA $9.99 95 97% 2.9k $28k (exactly $28,472) Ethan Vuong, Brae Stoltz
Fech The Ferret · EA older $24.99 19 78% 570 $14k (exactly $14,244) aucritas
Bouncy Cat older $9.99 32 100% 960 $9.6k (exactly $9,590) toowiggly
Cat Saves Halloween older $7.99 33 93% 990 $7.9k (exactly $7,910) LetMeowt Games LLC
Beat Paws Odyssey $6.99 26 88% 780 $5.5k (exactly $5,452) mindora games
NABI $1.99 52 61% 1.6k $3.1k (exactly $3,104) Fancysquare
Never Experiment On Cats! $9.99 6 83% 180 $1.8k (exactly $1,798) LetMeowt Games LLC
:3 $6.99 8 100% 240 $1.7k (exactly $1,678) mod.kitchen

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