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Should I ship a Precision Platformer Golf game?
Golf + Precision Platformer
Only 11 developers shipped a Precision 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, Don't Fall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
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. Revenue is down 100% on the market, with 11 games announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 5% | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Precision 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, Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 96% positive over 48 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. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo 2018 · $219k 
Golfie 2023 · $148k 
Multiplayer Platform Golf 2024 · $44k 
Fox Golf 2024 · $9.0k 
Mighty Fling 2020 · $5.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Fox Golf | older | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Fox Games |
| | Mighty Fling | older | $2.99 | 60 85% | 1.8k | $5.4k (exactly $5,382) | Hollow Art Studios |
 | Eggy | older | $4.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Glenn Verheij |
 | Don't Fall | $6.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Shine 3D | |
 | W.O.L.F | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Isayoshi Games |
 | Joon Shining | older | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Orchid of Redemption |
 | Gunz & Golf | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Virtual Ducky Games | |
 | Soap Slide | · EA | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Rise Studio |
 | 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 | |
 | NotFunGolf | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Brian Frankena | |
 | Rocket Golf - Tap | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Stephen Rickman |
 | Bossie Ball | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | V_Gamer23 | |
 | GolFall: Make Your Way Up | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | tesakiza |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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