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Should I ship a Cooking Platformer?
Cooking + Platformer
Of 23 developers who shipped a Cooking 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.. 31 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×583 the market median. Revenue is up 5310% on the market; 31 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,212) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,035) |
| Top 5% | $277k (exactly $276,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.84 |
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 up 5310% on the market, supply 55% more 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.
- Cooking
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking, Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Crafting
- Price point
- $5.84 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Comedy, Cute, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.84.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 4,496 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Dungeon Munchies 2022 · $4.0M 
Doloc Town 2026 · $1.9M 
Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse 2026 · $277k 
Magical Delicacy 2024 · $180k 
Kentum 2025 · $93k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeon Munchies | older | $19.99 | 6,596 97% | 198k | $4.0M (exactly $3,955,621) | maJAJa |
| | Doloc Town | $19.99 | 3,166 94% | 95k | $1.9M (exactly $1,898,650) | RedSaw Games Studio | |
| | Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse | $16.99 | 543 72% | 16k | $277k (exactly $276,767) | Frontside 180 | |
| | Magical Delicacy | older | $24.99 | 240 77% | 7.2k | $180k (exactly $179,928) | Skaule |
| | Kentum | $17.99 | 172 75% | 5.2k | $93k (exactly $92,828) | Tlön Industries | |
 | Duck Life 9: The Flock | older | $9.99 | 190 83% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wix Games |
 | The Strongest TOFU | $4.99 | 324 99% | 9.7k | $49k (exactly $48,503) | Zounoashi Games | |
 | Town of Zoz | $19.99 | 50 70% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Studio Pixanoh | |
 | Claire a la Mode | $14.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | Colorgrave | |
 | Candy Shop Simulator | $12.99 | 45 60% | 1.4k | $18k (exactly $17,536) | Games Incubator | |
 | a weird game about sausage | $2.99 | 130 90% | 3.9k | $12k (exactly $11,661) | Madman's Cheese | |
 | Pardon My French Toast | · EA | $19.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | ReRolled Studio |
 | Chop Shop | $17.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $4.3k (exactly $4,318) | Hermit Gamesmiths |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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