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Should I ship an Escape Room Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Escape Room
Only 15 developers shipped an Escape Room 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, Scarlet Idol, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $610k, ×1305 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,259) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,611) |
| Top 5% | $620k (exactly $619,864) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 60% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer, Escape Room
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 2,995 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.3k. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different second tag, 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
Scarlet Idol 2026 · $620k 
Creepy Tale: Some Other Place 2024 · $163k 
Split Brain 2024 · $29k 
Escape Legacy: Ancient Scrolls 2018 · $18k 
Tiny Robots Recharged 2021 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Scarlet Idol | $7.99 | 2,586 66% | 78k | $620k (exactly $619,864) | 山雨工作室 | |
| | Creepy Tale: Some Other Place | older | $9.99 | 543 93% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Creepy Brothers |
| | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games | |
| | Escape Legacy: Ancient Scrolls | older | $8.99 | 65 69% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,530) | Storming Tech |
| | Tiny Robots Recharged | older | $4.99 | 105 73% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,718) | Big Loop Studios |
 | The Pillar | older | $9.99 | 48 58% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,386) | Paper Bunker s.r.o. |
 | Psycho Fear | $9.99 | 47 68% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Dark Panda | |
 | BRELOK -ねずみたちの脱出- | $3.99 | 97 91% | 2.9k | $12k (exactly $11,611) | ひろめてん | |
 | VEREDA - Mystery Escape Room Adventure | older | $7.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | M9 Games |
 | SOTANO - Mystery Escape Room Adventure | older | $6.99 | 48 66% | 1.4k | $10k (exactly $10,066) | M9 Games |
 | Forgotten Hill: The Wardrobe | $4.99 | 62 72% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | FM Studio | |
 | Jimmy's No. 44 House | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | JDHW | |
 | Dreaming on the last light 人偶馆绮幻夜 | $12.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Everlasting游戏制作组 | |
 | Whitematter | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Exothermic Games | |
 | Almost Out | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | SIXBYTE Interactive | |
 | Demon Quest | $7.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Pattern Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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