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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Puzzle Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer Grand Strategy 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, Explore Dreams: Dreamcore, 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.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $240 against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $564 (exactly $564) |
| Top 5% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grand Strategy
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Grand Strategy, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $12.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 189 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Grand Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RacingFair
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- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
Suns of Wiraqocha 2023 · $9.6k 
Road Builder 2021 · $6.6k 
The Mythical City 3 2024 · $6.0k 
Tiny Connections 2024 · $5.0k 
Maiz 2023 · $2.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Suns of Wiraqocha | older | $4.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Alejandro Medina, Rafael Gonzalez-Otoya… (Alejandro Medina, Rafael Gonzalez-Otoya B., Adrian Blume) |
| | Road Builder | older | $9.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | MS GAMES |
| | The Mythical City 3 | older | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Gamesforgames |
| | Tiny Connections | older | $7.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Short Circuit Studios |
| | Maiz | older | $3.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | Critix Studios |
 | Explore Dreams: Dreamcore | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Maxwell Play | |
 | Supfly Delivery Simulator | older | $3.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Koro.Games, Blacer Studio |
 | Strategist | older | $2.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Boogygames Studios |
 | Dont Jump: Gamesforfarm | $0.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $624 (exactly $624) | Gamesforfarm | |
 | Electrify | older | $4.00 | 5 0% | 150 | $600 (exactly $600) | Electrify |
 | Knowledge Domination | $0.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Frosy Games | |
 | Pharaoh's Leap | $0.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Reality Rifts | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Infinity Requiem Studio | |
 | Liar's Game | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 林某人游戏工作室 | |
 | The Hard Way | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RSX | |
 | The Secret of Island of Fear | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hamza sonay, Yusuf sonay, Mustafa baş | |
 | groky | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XSGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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