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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Golf game?
Golf + Puzzle Platformer
Only 7 developers shipped a Puzzle 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.. 7 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
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 $180 against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 7 |
| 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 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- 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
- Golf, 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,378 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 games are announced against 3 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
Golf Club Nostalgia 2021 · $355k 
Arcane Golf 2018 · $5.0k 
DOG GONE GOLFING 2017 · $4.8k 
Don't Fall 2026 · $4.0k 
Grippy Golf 2024 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Golf Club Nostalgia | older | $9.99 | 1,183 83% | 35k | $355k (exactly $354,545) | Demagog Studio |
| | Arcane Golf | older | $2.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $5.0k (exactly $5,023) | FromLefcourt, thatgregperkins |
| | DOG GONE GOLFING | older | $4.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | Vagabond Dog |
| | Don't Fall | $6.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Shine 3D | |
| | Grippy Golf | older | $11.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Switchback Studio |
 | Hole in the Clouds | older | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Shortbread |
 | Art of Golf | older | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Birdie Games |
 | Puzzling Peaks EXE | older | $2.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | Darius Immanuel Guerrero |
 | Pocket Mini Golf | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Vivid Games |
 | Joon Shining | older | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Orchid of Redemption |
 | 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 | |
 | The Herd | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Levelhead Interactive | |
 | Mini Golf Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Golfing Is Easy | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | S.L.Kool Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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