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Should I ship a Historical Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Historical
Only 12 developers shipped a Historical 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, Ritter & Rotwein, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $32k, ×51 the market median. Revenue is up 1045% on the market; 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,224) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 1045% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 78% positive over 241 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Ritter & Rotwein 2026 · $32k 
AtmaSphere 2 2024 · $22k 
Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line 2023 · $17k 
Pyramidion 2025 · EA · $11k 
ArtFormer: Ancient Stories 2021 · $4.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ritter & Rotwein | $12.49 | 86 68% | 2.6k | $32k (exactly $32,224) | Hurdy-Gurdy Games | |
| | AtmaSphere 2 | older | $4.99 | 146 79% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Mazen Games |
| | Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line | older | $8.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $16,991) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
| | Pyramidion | · EA | $4.99 | 71 85% | 2.1k | $11k (exactly $10,629) | TechDevAYDIN |
| | ArtFormer: Ancient Stories | older | $4.99 | 33 60% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | Frix, Adam Hrubý, Buffa Software |
 | Balling Up | $3.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | RedKar Devs | |
 | Stickit | older | $2.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $3.7k (exactly $3,678) | Symfonim |
 | Bonk It! | $4.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Slotherin | |
 | The Black Knight | older | $2.99 | 29 65% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Over Games |
 | NaÀra: Contos de Resistência | · EA older | $7.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Rebuliço Studios |
 | Pirate Guy | $2.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Cow Games | |
 | Tornado - Caballo del Zorro | · EA | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Dark Waters Games |
 | A Lenda de Niterói | $2.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | Seven Moons | |
 | Bow and Banister | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | MODE24 | |
 | Git up! | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Atomic Lighthouse | |
 | Only Climber Venice | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zombie Developer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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