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Should I ship a Dinosaur Platformer?
Platformer + Dinosaurs
Only 19 developers shipped a Dinosaur 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, Primal Planet, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $89; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×601 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $377k (exactly $377,211) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 75 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 2D Platformer, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 959 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + PinballStrong odds
- + Combat RacingFair
- + FMVFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
Comparable games
Turok 2015 · $2.0M 
Tomb Raider: Anniversary 2007 · $1.8M 
Tomb Raider I (1996) 2012 · $847k 
Primal Planet 2025 · $377k 
Super Time Force Ultra 2014 · $304k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Turok | older | $19.99 | 3,377 93% | 101k | $2.0M (exactly $2,025,187) | Iguana Entertainment, Nightdive Studios |
| | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | older | $8.99 | 6,644 81% | 199k | $1.8M (exactly $1,791,887) | Crystal Dynamics |
| | Tomb Raider I (1996) | older | $6.99 | 4,039 85% | 121k | $847k (exactly $846,978) | Core Design |
| | Primal Planet | $19.99 | 629 88% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Seethingswarm | |
| | Super Time Force Ultra | older | $14.99 | 677 90% | 20k | $304k (exactly $304,447) | Capybara Games |
 | Dino Run DX | older | $5.99 | 1,124 95% | 34k | $202k (exactly $201,983) | Pixeljam |
 | Dewdrop Dynasty | $11.99 | 233 78% | 7.0k | $84k (exactly $83,810) | Goodgis | |
 | JumpJet Rex | older | $9.99 | 248 91% | 7.4k | $74k (exactly $74,326) | TreeFortress Games |
 | Little Orpheus | older | $4.99 | 393 67% | 12k | $59k (exactly $58,832) | The Chinese Room |
 | New Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja | older | $24.99 | 78 55% | 2.3k | $58k (exactly $58,477) | Mr. Nutz Studio |
 | Dino Quake | $7.99 | 54 100% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | Neutronized | |
 | Dinopunk: the Cacops adventure | $7.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | The Dude Games | |
 | Roxy Raccoon 3: Troubles in Time | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Sinomod Studios | |
 | Dinosaur Cousin Squad | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | Stegalosaurus Game Development | |
 | Neanderthallica | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Cheers LLC | |
 | Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Iridon Interactive AB | |
 | DREAM WAVE'84 | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | John Pfeifer | |
 | Anzu | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Was Running Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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