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Should I ship a Cat Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Cats
Of 40 developers who shipped a Cat Precision 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.. 33 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, level with the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $41k, ×86 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 33 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $238 (exactly $238) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,059) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 97 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 35% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Difficult, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 634 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. Nearly all of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity 2019 · $247k 
Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k 
Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game 2025 · $66k 
Only Way is Down 2025 · $41k 
I wanna be The Cat 2017 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity | older | $9.99 | 824 83% | 25k | $247k (exactly $246,953) | 2Play, Prasius |
| | Backrooms Cats and Lava | older | $29.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $94k (exactly $94,468) | Galactic Geckon |
| | 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 | |
| | I wanna be The Cat | older | $6.99 | 155 90% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,504) | Nemega |
 | CatboyZOOM | · EA | $9.99 | 95 97% | 2.9k | $28k (exactly $28,472) | Ethan Vuong, Brae Stoltz |
 | Cat Warrior | older | $3.99 | 102 75% | 3.1k | $12k (exactly $12,209) | Sadi & Ayu |
 | Embers of Mirrim | older | $14.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Creative Bytes Studios |
 | Bouncy Cat | older | $9.99 | 32 100% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | toowiggly |
 | Neko Ghost, Jump! | · EA older | $9.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Burgos Games |
 | A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Azimuth Studios | |
 | SwooshCat | $4.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | PixelForestStudio | |
 | Cattopia | $7.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Timesoft | |
 | Bounce Cat | $8.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Pejota Games | |
 | BOMCAT | $5.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | TANZI GAMES | |
 | NABI | $1.99 | 52 61% | 1.6k | $3.1k (exactly $3,104) | Fancysquare | |
 | Raining Cats and Dogs | $5.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | JustJeff |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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