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Choices Matter + Puzzle Platformer
Of 106 developers who shipped a Choices Matter Puzzle 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.. 149 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 50 developers shipped in the last year and 149 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $31,138) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 106 |
| Released games | 308 |
| Announced | 149 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 25% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choices Matter, Puzzle Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Funny, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 6,972 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 63 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 149 games are announced against 50 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choices Matter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Chained Together 2024 · $8.2M 
Catherine Classic 2019 · $5.3M 
Sable 2021 · $4.0M 
Reventure 2019 · $3.1M 
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed 2024 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chained Together | older | $4.99 | 54,747 89% | 1.6M | $8.2M (exactly $8,195,626) | Anegar Games, Lab42 |
| | Catherine Classic | older | $19.99 | 8,858 88% | 266k | $5.3M (exactly $5,312,143) | ATLUS |
| | Sable | older | $24.99 | 5,365 86% | 161k | $4.0M (exactly $4,022,140) | Shedworks |
| | Reventure | older | $12.34 | 8,451 95% | 254k | $3.1M (exactly $3,128,560) | Pixelatto |
| | Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed | $39.99 | 1,275 93% | 38k | $1.5M (exactly $1,529,618) | Purple Lamp | |
 | I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 | older | $59.99 | 566 79% | 17k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,630) | TechnoBrain |
 | Vanity Fair: The Pursuit | older | $6.99 | 4,014 87% | 120k | $842k (exactly $841,736) | 木焱工作室 |
 | Fever Meme | $4.20 | 4,358 91% | 131k | $549k (exactly $549,108) | Aimbok | |
 | Lakeview Cabin Collection | older | $9.99 | 1,599 94% | 48k | $479k (exactly $479,220) | Roope Tamminen |
 | Lost Words: Beyond the Page | older | $14.99 | 637 94% | 19k | $286k (exactly $286,459) | Sketchbook Developments, Fourth State,… (Sketchbook Developments, Fourth State, Sketchbook Games) |
 | PEPPERED: an existential platformer | $14.99 | 603 96% | 18k | $271k (exactly $271,169) | Mostly Games | |
 | Cursed Armor 2 | $15.99 | 236 84% | 7.1k | $113k (exactly $113,209) | wolfgame | |
 | OFFERING APP | $19.99 | 70 81% | 2.1k | $42k (exactly $41,979) | KESHA WHITE | |
 | DEVIL'S WAY | $4.99 | 208 45% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | Rose Game Studio | |
 | Turnip Mountain | $10.49 | 78 97% | 2.3k | $25k (exactly $24,547) | Luke Sanderson | |
 | Escaping Wonderland | $19.99 | 32 87% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | Darkway: Murder of King Mere | $7.99 | 78 97% | 2.3k | $19k (exactly $18,697) | IM/MORTAL Studios, Pierce Papke / Ekpap | |
 | Blueberry | $12.49 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $13k (exactly $12,740) | MELLOW Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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