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Should I ship a Gothic Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Gothic
Only 15 developers shipped a Gothic Precision Platformer 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, THE CANON OF BALLS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×3.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 17 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 5% | $34k (exactly $34,354) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 65% on the market, supply 175% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Gothic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Nonlinear, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 497 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 17 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
- + Souls-likeLong shot
Comparable games
They Bleed Pixels 2012 · $611k 
Desvelado 2024 · $74k 
TEOCIDA 2021 · $42k 
THE CANON OF BALLS 2026 · $34k 
Beholgar 2 2025 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | They Bleed Pixels | older | $9.99 | 2,040 84% | 61k | $611k (exactly $611,388) | Spooky Squid Games Inc. |
| | Desvelado | older | $6.99 | 352 98% | 11k | $74k (exactly $73,814) | Valentín Zacarías, Pablo Cuello, Joacoy… (Valentín Zacarías, Pablo Cuello, Joacoyco) |
| | TEOCIDA | older | $9.99 | 140 95% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,958) | Vikintor |
| | THE CANON OF BALLS | $3.99 | 287 98% | 8.6k | $34k (exactly $34,354) | Helios Monk | |
| | Beholgar 2 | $11.99 | 77 80% | 2.3k | $28k (exactly $27,697) | Serkan Bakar | |
 | Vampire's Best Friend | $9.99 | 73 98% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | SinksAdventure | |
 | Dream Alone | older | $9.99 | 29 51% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | Play2Chill |
 | To The Flame | older | $4.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Rebel Jester Studios |
 | Hollow Witch | older | $4.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Bad Kid Games |
 | Darkness Maze Cube - Hardcore Puzzle Game | older | $2.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | YAW Studios |
 | Perfect Liar | $3.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | eightworks allware | |
 | Deal me, Devil! | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Adins Games | |
 | Mental Hellacious | $13.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | MoreNEWttoStudio | |
 | POLE VAULT | $3.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | Mike Jensen, Brian May, Tyler Walters | |
 | Arm of Satan: Chapter 1 | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Ludophoria | |
 | Afterlife Reverie+ | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Nuclear Raven Games | |
 | Varmint | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | DirtyOnion |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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