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Should I ship a Crafting Puzzle Platformer?
Crafting + Puzzle Platformer
Of 27 developers who shipped a Crafting 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.. 39 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59. 39 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is up 305% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,277) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 100 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 up 305% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, Puzzle Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Puzzle, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 9,199 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. Nearly all of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Farever 2026 · EA · $5.4M 
Logiart Grimoire 2024 · $201k 
Time on Frog Island 2022 · $170k 
Grindstone 2022 · $146k 
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders 2019 · $142k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farever | · EA | $19.99 | 8,968 75% | 269k | $5.4M (exactly $5,378,110) | Shiro Games |
| | Logiart Grimoire | older | $19.99 | 336 94% | 10k | $201k (exactly $201,499) | Jupiter Corporation |
| | Time on Frog Island | older | $19.99 | 284 71% | 8.5k | $170k (exactly $170,315) | Half Past Yellow |
| | Grindstone | older | $19.99 | 244 93% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $146,327) | Capybara Games |
| | DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders | older | $29.99 | 158 90% | 4.7k | $142k (exactly $142,153) | Climax Studios Ltd. |
 | Mask of Mists | older | $14.99 | 171 85% | 5.1k | $77k (exactly $76,899) | 9 Eyes Game Studio |
 | Linkito | older | $14.99 | 152 87% | 4.6k | $68k (exactly $68,354) | Kalinarm |
 | Inferno Protocol | · EA | $13.49 | 144 79% | 4.3k | $58k (exactly $58,277) | Tektonic Interactive |
 | Nanali in another world | older | $29.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | Fasu Studio |
 | 心动满屋 | older | $3.99 | 218 75% | 6.5k | $26k (exactly $26,095) | 成都萌创科技有限公司 |
 | The Wilds of Dacrima: Field Notes from a Poorly Supervised Alchemist and his Unruly Clockwork Companion | $19.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Antler Studios | |
 | LINK Penguins | $5.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) | lemorion_1224 | |
 | Ploko | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Nifty cat studio | |
 | Screwball | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Scott Tipton | |
 | Fill Multicolor | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Alexis Clemente | |
 | Neanderthallica | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Cheers LLC | |
 | VTuberのQ | $2.68 | 10 60% | 300 | $804 (exactly $804) | liica, Inc. | |
 | GunBlocks | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Steve Welz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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