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Precision Platformer + Idler
Only 12 developers shipped an Idler 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, 鸿运修仙传, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $660, ×1.4 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 6 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 5% | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 6 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Idler
- effort 1 / 10 · high · number growth curves and a UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer, Idler
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 88 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
- + Souls-likeLong shot
Comparable games
鸿运修仙传 2025 · $6.1k 
OrePlant 2025 · EA · $4.4k 
Aya's Journey 2017 · $3.0k 
Bouncing Traveler 2021 · $2.7k 
Only Straight and Up! 2024 · $1.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 鸿运修仙传 | $5.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | 玉米工作室 | |
| | OrePlant | · EA | $6.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) | Hypercent Inc. |
| | Aya's Journey | older | $2.99 | 33 39% | 990 | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) | Boogygames Studios |
| | Bouncing Traveler | older | $9.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Neatan Games |
| | Only Straight and Up! | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | AF Games | |
 | FLOWORKS | · EA | $7.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | QUENCH FORGE |
 | EGGGG | older | $2.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | SmallMill |
 | Dragons Frolic! | $3.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Starlit Castle | |
 | Time of the Clones | older | $1.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | BadWolf Games |
 | Pendelum | older | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | thelaumix productions, Lukas A. Schopf |
 | CapyCam | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | ZERO5GAMES, Dwang | |
 | Lost Kingdom: Idle War | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | AGS GAMES | |
 | Square Escape Challenge | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | AGS GAMES | |
 | Hi, I`m Kali | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | LonelyFoxStudio | |
 | Detective Pig | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Young Man |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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