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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Flight game?

Flight + Puzzle Platformer

Only 14 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer Flight game 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, Pocket and Zooom, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $7.6k, ×12 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 16 announced, ×2.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Flight + Puzzle Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 14
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $239 → $955 → $120 → $1.2k → $1.4k
Outcomes for Flight + Puzzle Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 14
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $839 (exactly $839)
Top 25% $1.7k (exactly $1,678)
Top 5% $7.7k (exactly $7,675)
Developers, 2 yr 14
Released games 50
Announced 16
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.99

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 65% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Flight
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Puzzle Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Flight, Puzzle Platformer
Price point
$5.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 92% positive over 89 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $840, 1 in 4 over $1.6k, 1 in 20 over $7.6k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Flight with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair9 devs · median $2.4k · 11 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair9 devs · median $1.3k · 10 announced
  3. + Quick-Time EventsFair9 devs · median $657 · 9 announced
  4. + CatsFair6 devs · median $629 · 10 announced
  5. + Life SimPoor odds12 devs · median $70k · 29 announced
  6. + TradingPoor odds6 devs · median $36k · 21 announced
  7. + MiningPoor odds10 devs · median $35k · 13 announced
  8. + CraftingPoor odds14 devs · median $19k · 57 announced
  9. + Base BuildingPoor odds23 devs · median $17k · 48 announced
  10. + EconomyPoor odds20 devs · median $15k · 45 announced
  11. + RTSPoor odds14 devs · median $15k · 18 announced
  12. + Cold WarPoor odds10 devs · median $11k · 16 announced

All 132 pairs on the Flight page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 2020 · $1.0M Lumione 2021 · $150k DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders 2019 · $142k Jet Kave Adventure 2021 · $55k SpaceKraft! 2024 · $22k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 older $59.99 566 79% 17k $1.0M (exactly $1,018,630) TechnoBrain
Lumione older $11.99 418 73% 13k $150k (exactly $150,355) Glimmer Studio
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders older $29.99 158 90% 4.7k $142k (exactly $142,153) Climax Studios Ltd.
Jet Kave Adventure older $14.99 122 85% 3.7k $55k (exactly $54,863) 7Levels
SpaceKraft! older $11.99 62 85% 1.9k $22k (exactly $22,301) Game Dev Garage
Pocket and Zooom $15.99 16 75% 480 $7.7k (exactly $7,675) TechnoBrain
Trianguluv older $1.99 59 88% 1.8k $3.5k (exactly $3,522) Bohdan Taraba
Thrusty Ship older $18.99 6 100% 180 $3.4k (exactly $3,418) in Principle Games
Space Hole 2018 older $3.99 26 96% 780 $3.1k (exactly $3,112) Sam Atlas
Gold for Retirement $3.99 18 94% 540 $2.2k (exactly $2,155) Underwater Dev-Depths
Way of the Dragons · EA $4.99 13 100% 390 $1.9k (exactly $1,946) Said Yavuz
To the Basement. Before $6.99 8 87% 240 $1.7k (exactly $1,678) HugePixel
On The Wind's Breath $5.99 8 100% 240 $1.4k (exactly $1,438) Pink Sakura Studios
Levitation Simulator 2 $2.99 13 92% 390 $1.2k (exactly $1,166) OZNA STUDIO
Gravity Drop $6.99 4 100% 120 $839 (exactly $839) Octopie Lab
Sync Together $0.99 8 100% 240 $238 (exactly $238) DarkRook Interactive
Gravity Force $3.99 1 100% 30 $120 (exactly $120) Coffeeshock Studios
Great Journey $3.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Rebelmind, North Wind

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.