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Should I ship a Conspiracy Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Conspiracy
Only 8 developers shipped a Conspiracy Puzzle 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, Antro, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×6.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $480. 27 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,887) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle 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
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.90.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 1,516 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition 2022 · $605k 
LIBERATED 2020 · $407k 
Nancy Drew®: The Shattered Medallion 2017 · $70k 
SenS 2022 · EA · $26k 
Antro 2025 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Nancy Drew®: The Shattered Medallion | older | $19.99 | 116 51% | 3.5k | $70k (exactly $69,565) | HeR Interactive |
| | SenS | · EA older | $17.99 | 48 77% | 1.4k | $26k (exactly $25,906) | Limasse Five |
| | Antro | $14.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Gatera Studio | |
 | Mozart Requiem | older | $29.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Hoplite Research LLC |
 | Nathan Morgan: Dilemma | older | $9.90 | 34 50% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,098) | 98 INTERACTIVE |
 | ColorBlend FX: Desaturation | older | $15.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $10k (exactly $10,074) | Pi-Dev Bulgaria |
 | VEREDA - Mystery Escape Room Adventure | older | $7.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | M9 Games |
 | MMY: Otherworld Mystery | older | $9.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Dnovel |
 | The Immemorial Order II Sisters of Darkness | $5.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Dan Gibson | |
 | THE BREAKFIVE | $6.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Nanjing Baiku Network Technology Co., L… (Nanjing Baiku Network Technology Co., Ltd) | |
 | Rusty Flesh | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Wasteland Games | |
 | Ascension: The Immortal Alchemist | · EA | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Violet Flame Studios |
 | The Visitor Effect: Not an experiment | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Mystic Morgue | |
 | Project Hash | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 67ormsg272 | |
 | One Rainy Night | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Werner Viljoen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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