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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer God Game?
God Game + Puzzle Platformer
Only 6 developers shipped a Puzzle 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, Fill Multicolor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 5% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 2,696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Paper Beast 2020 · $317k 
Paper Beast - Folded Edition 2020 · $99k 
Rock Simulator 2019 · $98k 
Gravity Badgers 2013 · $32k 
VINE 2023 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Paper Beast | older | $19.99 | 529 94% | 16k | $317k (exactly $317,241) | Pixel Reef |
| | Paper Beast - Folded Edition | older | $16.99 | 195 85% | 5.9k | $99k (exactly $99,391) | Pixel Reef |
| | Rock Simulator | older | $1.99 | 1,646 94% | 49k | $98k (exactly $98,266) | vinoo |
| | 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 |
 | Into The Sky | older | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Room of Pandora | older | $4.99 | 24 41% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SHEN JIAWEI, ZHANG FAN |
 | Qube Qross | older | $5.99 | 18 55% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | Poly Poly Games, Kibi Games |
 | Multiply Factory | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Time Shrink Studio |
 | Fill Multicolor | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Alexis Clemente | |
 | Diamond Painting | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | LeiZna | |
 | Bubble's Travel | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | YunheCulture | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | Weaving Stars, Painting Skies | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 直手有為 |
 | Pointer Manual | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 川月瑰奇 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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