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Should I ship a Conspiracy Platformer?
Platformer + Conspiracy
Only 16 developers shipped a Conspiracy Platformer 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, Ikarus Parkour, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×6.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×3.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $75k, ×160 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 37 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) |
| Top 5% | $76k (exactly $75,992) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Platformer, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2.5D, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 361 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + PinballStrong odds
- + Combat RacingFair
- + FMVFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
Comparable games
Squirrel with a Gun 2024 · $1.9M 
Ricochet 2000 · $681k 
Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition 2022 · $605k 
LIBERATED 2020 · $407k 
Ikarus Parkour 2025 · $76k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Squirrel with a Gun | older | $19.99 | 3,112 86% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,866,266) | Dee Dee Creations LLC |
| | Ricochet | older | $4.99 | 4,549 82% | 136k | $681k (exactly $680,985) | Valve |
| | Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition | older | $39.99 | 504 65% | 15k | $605k (exactly $604,649) | Oddworld Inhabitants |
| | LIBERATED | older | $19.99 | 679 77% | 20k | $407k (exactly $407,196) | Atomic Wolf, L.INC |
| | Ikarus Parkour | $12.99 | 195 81% | 5.9k | $76k (exactly $75,992) | Vanja Aleksić | |
 | Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1 - Gold Edition | older | $4.99 | 481 60% | 14k | $72k (exactly $72,006) | Semaphore |
 | SenS | · EA older | $17.99 | 48 77% | 1.4k | $26k (exactly $25,906) | Limasse Five |
 | Sacre Bleu | $14.99 | 46 82% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Hildring Studio Inc | |
 | Antro | $14.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Gatera Studio | |
 | ColorBlend FX: Desaturation | older | $15.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $10k (exactly $10,074) | Pi-Dev Bulgaria |
 | Chimera CUSTOM XG | · EA | $19.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Volok Games |
 | Crystal Gaiden Origins | $11.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $6.1k (exactly $6,115) | Onipunks | |
 | Bad Goys | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Silvercrest Studios | |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | 1964 Operation Velvet Twins | $5.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | SEEP | |
 | Escape The Wojak GOTY | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Chungledown Max, Game Dev Guy | |
 | Chicken Strike®: Cluck Ops™ | $1.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Bamboléo Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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