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Should I ship a Platformer Golf game?
Golf + Platformer
Only 17 developers shipped a Platformer Golf 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, Super 10 Pin, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $33,092) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Golf
- 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
- Golf, Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Physics, Adventure, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 147 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Golf with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationFair
- + PvPFair
- + AdventureFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + PhysicsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Mini GolfPoor odds
Comparable games
Cursed to Golf 2022 · $416k 
Golf Club Nostalgia 2021 · $355k 
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo 2018 · $219k 
Golfie 2023 · $148k 
Multiplayer Platform Golf 2024 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cursed to Golf | older | $19.99 | 693 70% | 21k | $416k (exactly $415,592) | Chuhai Labs |
| | Golf Club Nostalgia | older | $9.99 | 1,183 83% | 35k | $355k (exactly $354,545) | Demagog Studio |
| | Golfing Over It with Alva Majo | older | $4.99 | 1,461 75% | 44k | $219k (exactly $218,712) | Majorariatto |
| | Golfie | older | $17.99 | 275 66% | 8.3k | $148k (exactly $148,418) | Triheart Studio |
| | Multiplayer Platform Golf | older | $4.99 | 293 89% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $43,862) | Robot Assembly |
 | Super 10 Pin | $11.99 | 92 98% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,092) | Modus Interactive | |
 | Mighty Fling | older | $2.99 | 60 85% | 1.8k | $5.4k (exactly $5,382) | Hollow Art Studios |
 | Koala Kids Golf | older | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Doomster Entertainment |
 | Eggy | older | $4.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Glenn Verheij |
 | Speedy Golf | older | $4.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Off The Deck Games |
 | Don't Fall | $6.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Shine 3D | |
 | Jack of Clubs Golf | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Paul Bischoff | |
 | Gunz & Golf | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Virtual Ducky Games | |
 | Putt It In Orbit | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Hoem Made Games | |
 | Urban Golf: Hot Dog Edition | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | MatthewHall3D | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Really Simple Golf | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Lukudev | |
 | Glorious Golf | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Stellarfish Game Studio | |
 | Mr. Goofer’s Mini Game Arcade Party! | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Svinta, Keri |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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