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Should I ship a Historical Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Historical
Of 29 developers who shipped a Historical Puzzle Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $500k, ×805 the market median. Revenue is up 2935% on the market; 42 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $418 (exactly $418) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,629) |
| Top 5% | $506k (exactly $505,604) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 94 |
| Announced | 42 |
| 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 up 2935% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle 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
- Puzzle Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 3,335 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024 · $7.1M 
1348 Ex Voto 2026 · $529k 
Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise 2025 · $506k 
Gecko Gods 2026 · $377k 
My Memory of Us 2018 · $341k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Murders on the Yangtze River | older | $14.99 | 15,833 96% | 475k | $7.1M (exactly $7,120,100) | OMEGAMES STUDIO |
| | 1348 Ex Voto | $24.99 | 705 53% | 21k | $529k (exactly $528,538) | Sedleo | |
| | Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise | $15.99 | 1,054 78% | 32k | $506k (exactly $505,604) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
| | Gecko Gods | $19.99 | 629 96% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Inresin | |
| | My Memory of Us | older | $17.99 | 632 92% | 19k | $341k (exactly $341,090) | Juggler Games |
 | Valiant Hearts: Coming Home | older | $14.99 | 529 62% | 16k | $238k (exactly $237,891) | Ubisoft Da Nang, Ubisoft Montpellier |
 | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
 | Long Dream | older | $6.99 | 962 98% | 29k | $202k (exactly $201,731) | WildMonkey |
 | Scarlet Deer Inn | $19.99 | 333 88% | 10k | $200k (exactly $199,700) | Attu Games | |
 | Another Sight - Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 144 76% | 4.3k | $86k (exactly $86,357) | Lunar Great Wall Studios |
 | The House of Hikmah | $19.99 | 61 98% | 1.8k | $37k (exactly $36,582) | Lunacy Studios | |
 | 火起雪中寺 | $10.99 | 59 77% | 1.8k | $19k (exactly $19,452) | 江湖奇事录 | |
 | Pyramidion | · EA | $4.99 | 71 85% | 2.1k | $11k (exactly $10,629) | TechDevAYDIN |
 | YinYang Street: Separate Ways | $7.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | 彼云工作室 | |
 | Balling Up | $3.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | RedKar Devs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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