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Should I ship a Platformer God Game?
God Game + Platformer
Only 8 developers shipped a Platformer God 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, Soulbound Roguelike, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 2 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59; 1 in 20 cleared $10k, ×16 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 2 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 2 |
| 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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,249 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 2 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
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- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
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Comparable games
Spectral Scream 2024 · $196k 
I dont Fall 2024 · $35k 
Gravity Badgers 2013 · $32k 
VINE 2023 · $18k 
Soulbound Roguelike 2026 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spectral Scream | older | $9.99 | 654 78% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | STOIC Ent. |
| | I dont Fall | older | $6.99 | 169 84% | 5.1k | $35k (exactly $35,439) | PUMPKIM |
| | Gravity Badgers | older | $4.99 | 213 71% | 6.4k | $32k (exactly $31,886) | Wales Interactive |
| | VINE | older | $14.99 | 40 82% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | FrogParty |
| | Soulbound Roguelike | $9.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | DuDu Games | |
 | Color Souls | older | $4.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Gorestation |
 | Into The Sky | older | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Kring | older | $4.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | IV Productions |
 | Barold | older | $3.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | TyberiusInSD, DevonAnimation |
 | Putin VS Zombies | older | $0.99 | 60 90% | 1.8k | $1.8k (exactly $1,782) | IndieGameMamaDev |
 | Outer Space Bar | $8.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | OZNA STUDIO | |
 | Bubble's Travel | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | YunheCulture | |
 | Aarotonia Rising | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mishka Infinity | |
 | Do Goats Dream of Golden Grass? | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | teamAlpha | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | DARK DANCE | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NNIX Inc. |
 | The Light and the Shadow | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | EnrolaDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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