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Should I ship a Platformer FMV?
FMV + Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Platformer FMV 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, Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,498) |
| Top 5% | $73k (exactly $73,163) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FMV
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- FMV, Platformer
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.20.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,388 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FMV with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore 2024 · $536k 
Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit 2025 · $73k 
Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity 2024 · $47k 
Iron Disco 2020 · $30k 
Steelborn 2023 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore | older | $19.99 | 893 96% | 27k | $536k (exactly $535,532) | Seedy Eye Software |
| | Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit | $19.99 | 122 81% | 3.7k | $73k (exactly $73,163) | Retroware, Programancer, Mega Cat Studi… (Retroware, Programancer, Mega Cat Studios) | |
| | Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity | older | $19.99 | 78 100% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | Sam Atlas |
| | Iron Disco | older | $9.99 | 101 68% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | Towndarktales |
| | Steelborn | older | $14.99 | 44 79% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Vega Horizon Studio |
 | Obey the Insect God | $19.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Chunkle Freaky's Movies Games, Charles… (Chunkle Freaky's Movies Games, Charles Davis) | |
 | Cyberemo 2007 | older | $4.99 | 92 79% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,772) | Siberian Mouse |
 | Earnest Evans Collection | $49.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $10k (exactly $10,498) | Mighty Rabbit Studios, Headless Chicken… (Mighty Rabbit Studios, Headless Chicken Games) | |
 | Unlife | older | $11.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | diedemor studio |
 | Nazar | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Eray Dinc Studio, Recontact Games | |
 | Arthur's Pet Chase | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Jordan Freeman Group, Marc Brown Studio… (Jordan Freeman Group, Marc Brown Studios, Wanderful Edutainment) | |
 | Saturday Sábado | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Brabeirasoft | |
 | Cat and Shadow and Death's Four Friends | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 灯咸 | |
 | No One's Hero | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Proud Way | |
 | 桌面寵物工作室 - DesktopPetStudio | $6.20 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Rowan.l |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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