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Should I ship a Dog Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Dogs
Only 12 developers shipped a Dog 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, Doggy Up!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $2.3k, ×5.0 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $716 (exactly $716) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 5% | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 92% positive over 79 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines 2024 · $107k 
Mr. Run and Jump 2023 · $34k 
In My Shadow 2021 · $15k 
Neko Ghost, Jump! 2022 · EA · $8.4k 
Dogs Club 2024 · $7.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines | older | $17.99 | 199 97% | 6.0k | $107k (exactly $107,400) | Medallion Games |
| | Mr. Run and Jump | older | $24.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $34k (exactly $33,736) | Graphite Lab, Heavy Horse Games |
| | In My Shadow | older | $9.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Playbae |
| | Neko Ghost, Jump! | · EA older | $9.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Burgos Games |
| | Dogs Club | older | $3.99 | 64 82% | 1.9k | $7.7k (exactly $7,661) | Montee Games |
 | The Wizard and The Slug | older | $4.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Silkworm |
 | Jumphobia: Homeward Bound | older | $9.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Wix Games |
 | Doggy Up! | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Feas | |
 | Blender Bros | older | $12.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Infogrames |
 | My friend Mango | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Bliuper Studios | |
 | Raining Cats and Dogs | $5.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | JustJeff | |
 | Fart King | $2.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | SmoochGM | |
 | Lawnmower Maniac | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Samer Khatib (Snowconesolid Productions) | |
 | I AM DOG | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Fun Sewer Level | |
 | WANKO WANKO ADVENTURE | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Yamabico Games | |
 | Bob To The Top | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | DarkJab Studio | |
 | Disconnect | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | J_C | |
 | Disconnect 2 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | J_C |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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