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Should I ship a Grid-Based Movement Precision Platformer?
Grid-Based Movement + Precision Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Grid-Based Movement 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, Jin & Jan, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 2 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 2 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 2 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Grid-Based Movement, Precision 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 112 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 2 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Peppy's Adventure 2021 · $7.2k 
Jin & Jan 2025 · $4.2k 
Mirage: Ignis Fatuus 2025 · $3.6k 
Hoppy Hop 2023 · $1.8k 
Tetro Runner 2026 · $1.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Peppy's Adventure | older | $7.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Pepite Studios |
| | Jin & Jan | $4.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Reference Games | |
| | Mirage: Ignis Fatuus | $16.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.6k (exactly $3,568) | Illam | |
| | Hoppy Hop | older | $2.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | Josyan, Bibiki, Karv, Gabriel Machado |
| | Tetro Runner | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Rollmop Games Studio | |
 | Lost Recall | older | $2.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | Combo Gravity |
 | Pix Eliz Great Trilogy | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | LM2Play Studio, Marion L'asticot | |
 | Grab Toy | older | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Yaqut Games |
 | TumbleBoy | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | UNISAT | |
 | 4K Bricks Breaker Plus | older | $1.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | PhantomHeadache |
 | Gravity | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | VortexStudio | |
 | Cyber Sprinters | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Low-Poly Arcade | |
 | PYRO | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Yanfer | |
 | CUBERIO | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alfredos Studio s.r.o. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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