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Should I ship a Platformer CRPG?
CRPG + Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Platformer CRPG 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, Reindeer Story, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 5% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $10.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 212 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
Another Crusade 2023 · $23k 
Heroes of Umbra 2018 · $13k 
Ice and Fire of Maiden 2018 · $11k 
Reindeer Story 2024 · $5.8k 
Throne of Fate 2020 · $5.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Another Crusade | older | $19.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dragon Vein Studios |
| | Heroes of Umbra | older | $9.99 | 42 80% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Alcuria Games |
| | Ice and Fire of Maiden | older | $9.99 | 38 57% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Erogenous Moonlight |
| | Reindeer Story | $7.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Azzie, Smoggysoft | |
| | Throne of Fate | older | $10.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $5.3k (exactly $5,275) | Enoops |
 | Hello World | older | $2.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Hello World Studio |
 | DOKAPON 3-2-1: Super Collection! | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Sting | |
 | SIR ABANDON | · EA | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Retro-Role-Playing-Game, RRPG2022 |
 | Chalice of Highland | $7.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | RetroValou | |
 | Back To Hell | older | $1.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Devil Fish |
 | Gin and Wall | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | KISENO | |
 | The Light and the Shadow | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | EnrolaDev | |
 | Little pilot | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LIZEFENG | |
 | The Anubis Treasure | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ayelen indie game studio | |
 | Falk | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Miat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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