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Should I ship a Demon Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Demons
Only 15 developers shipped a Demon Precision 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, Luna Abyss, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.5k. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 21 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,018) |
| Top 5% | $830k (exactly $830,423) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 175% more 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.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,314 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
- + Souls-likeLong shot
Comparable games
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016 · $922k 
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus 2024 · $838k 
Luna Abyss 2026 · $830k 
Demon Turf: Queens Edition 2021 · $519k 
Circa Infinity 2015 · $85k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell | older | $14.99 | 2,050 95% | 62k | $922k (exactly $921,885) | Pine Studio |
| | Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus | older | $19.99 | 1,398 82% | 42k | $838k (exactly $838,381) | Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair,… (Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist) |
| | Luna Abyss | $29.99 | 923 86% | 28k | $830k (exactly $830,423) | Kwalee Labs | |
| | Demon Turf: Queens Edition | older | $29.99 | 577 84% | 17k | $519k (exactly $519,127) | Fabraz |
| | Circa Infinity | older | $11.99 | 235 92% | 7.1k | $85k (exactly $84,530) | Kenny Sun |
 | Hell of an Office | $14.99 | 121 89% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $54,414) | 43 Studios | |
 | TEOCIDA | older | $9.99 | 140 95% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,958) | Vikintor |
 | Krimson | older | $9.99 | 115 99% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | CryingPsycho |
 | Beholgar 2 | $11.99 | 77 80% | 2.3k | $28k (exactly $27,697) | Serkan Bakar | |
 | Kraino Origins | older | $11.99 | 74 90% | 2.2k | $27k (exactly $26,618) | GameAtomic |
 | Abyss Runner | $6.99 | 105 86% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,018) | Asuwawagami | |
 | Hell Runner | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Moonlight Studio | |
 | HELLBOUND INC | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Templo, Rewilder | |
 | Shelldom | $2.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | RoteMandarinen | |
 | Perfect Liar | $3.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | eightworks allware | |
 | Mind Keeper | · EA | $10.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.0k (exactly $1,978) | Blackwing Games |
 | Deal me, Devil! | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Adins Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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