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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization Parkour game?

Character Customization + Parkour

Of 100 developers who shipped a Character Customization 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.. 168 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $520k, ×832 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 168 games are announced against 61 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 25% on the market, 168 announced, ×2.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Parkour
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 100
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.7k → $2.7k → $1.3k → $1.8k → $6.0k → $809 → $1.9k (still earning) → $359 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Parkour: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 100
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $898 (exactly $898)
Top 25% $6.0k (exactly $5,994)
Top 5% $523k (exactly $522,644)
Developers, 2 yr 100
Released games 263
Announced 168
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.49

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 25% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 28%, 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.

Character Customization
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium 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
Character Customization, Parkour; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Physics, 3D Platformer
Price point
$5.49 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Colorful, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.49.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 14,724 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $900, 1 in 4 over $5.9k, 1 in 20 over $520k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 55 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 168 games are announced against 61 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

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  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
  6. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $3.2k · 13 announced
  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  8. + IdlerFair210 devs · median $1.2k · 286 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair146 devs · median $1.2k · 190 announced
  10. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $836 · 32 announced
  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ 2023 · $168M Session: Skate Sim 2022 · $16M Sunset Overdrive 2018 · $7.2M Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game 2025 · $5.0M STORROR Parkour Pro 2025 · EA · $1.2M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ older $69.99 79,990 71% 2.4M $168M (exactly $167,955,003) Respawn
Session: Skate Sim older $39.99 13,460 83% 404k $16M (exactly $16,147,962) crea-ture Studios Inc.
Sunset Overdrive older $19.99 12,082 90% 362k $7.2M (exactly $7,245,575) Insomniac Games, Blind Squirrel Games
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game $24.99 6,638 94% 199k $5.0M (exactly $4,976,509) MLMEDIA
STORROR Parkour Pro · EA $24.99 1,605 71% 48k $1.2M (exactly $1,203,268) Hole in the Sleeve Game Studios
Pratfall $7.99 2,797 90% 84k $670k (exactly $670,441) Quad Head
SOS OPS! older $4.99 4,000 83% 120k $599k (exactly $598,800) ArtDock
Kristala $39.99 485 71% 15k $582k (exactly $581,854) Astral Clocktower Studios
Scoot · EA older $12.99 1,380 90% 41k $538k (exactly $537,786) Seafront Games
Last Train Outta' Wormtown $11.99 1,453 96% 44k $523k (exactly $522,644) Get(Color) Games
Log Riders $4.99 660 70% 20k $99k (exactly $98,802) Bluespy Studios
Beetleball $7.99 354 93% 11k $85k (exactly $84,854) Bugfight Studio
Frog Sqwad 🐸 $7.99 352 72% 11k $84k (exactly $84,374) Panic Stations
Knock'Em Out $7.99 239 85% 7.2k $57k (exactly $57,288) BBear Studio
Slip & Skid $12.99 141 97% 4.2k $55k (exactly $54,948) NHOGS Interactive

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