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Should I ship a Dragon Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Dragons
Only 5 developers shipped a Dragon Puzzle 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, Ultimate Drummer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×9.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.9k against a market of $630. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $30,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 1,609 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 19 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Toren 2015 · $286k 
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders 2019 · $142k 
Scrap Garden 2016 · $62k 
Weaving Tides 2021 · $37k 
Ultimate Drummer 2026 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Toren | older | $9.99 | 954 64% | 29k | $286k (exactly $285,914) | Swordtales |
| | DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders | older | $29.99 | 158 90% | 4.7k | $142k (exactly $142,153) | Climax Studios Ltd. |
| | Scrap Garden | older | $9.99 | 206 72% | 6.2k | $62k (exactly $61,738) | Egidijus Bachur, Alexey Davydov |
| | Weaving Tides | older | $24.99 | 49 83% | 1.5k | $37k (exactly $36,735) | Follow the Feathers |
| | Ultimate Drummer | $5.99 | 170 98% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Cool 3D World | |
 | Embers of Mirrim | older | $14.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Creative Bytes Studios |
 | Spire Blast | $6.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Orbital Knight | |
 | Sub Terra Draconis | older | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Crystal Shard |
 | Way of the Dragons | · EA | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Said Yavuz |
 | Pinball Lockdown | · EA older | $5.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Onteca Ltd |
 | DragonMirroreD with Hyoga & Magma | $4.49 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Hyoga the Juggling Dragon, ジャグリングドラゴンヒョ… (Hyoga the Juggling Dragon, ジャグリングドラゴンヒョウガ) | |
 | Furry Slot | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Morello |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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