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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Puzzle Platformer
Of 58 developers who shipped a Puzzle Platformer Immersive Sim 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.. 72 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 30 developers shipped in the last year and 72 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,588) |
| Top 5% | $154k (exactly $153,710) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 58 |
| Released games | 136 |
| Announced | 72 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 735% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Puzzle Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 5,618 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 8 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 72 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
DEEMO -Reborn- 2020 · $2.4M 
Supraworld 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 2020 · $1.0M 
Vanity Fair: The Pursuit 2024 · $842k 
Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise 2025 · $506k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DEEMO -Reborn- | older | $24.99 | 3,188 87% | 96k | $2.4M (exactly $2,390,044) | Rayark International Limited |
| | Supraworld | · EA | $29.99 | 1,471 91% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,323,459) | Supra Games |
| | I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 | older | $59.99 | 566 79% | 17k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,630) | TechnoBrain |
| | Vanity Fair: The Pursuit | older | $6.99 | 4,014 87% | 120k | $842k (exactly $841,736) | 木焱工作室 |
| | Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise | $15.99 | 1,054 78% | 32k | $506k (exactly $505,604) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Mosa Lina | older | $7.99 | 2,014 95% | 60k | $483k (exactly $482,756) | Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Roll… (Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel) |
 | Game Of Fate 3：Clash Of Crowns | $16.79 | 734 85% | 22k | $370k (exactly $369,716) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time | $10.99 | 986 88% | 30k | $325k (exactly $325,084) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village | older | $9.99 | 1,010 91% | 30k | $303k (exactly $302,697) | HeartBeat Plus |
 | Wildfire | older | $14.99 | 452 83% | 14k | $203k (exactly $203,264) | Sneaky Bastards |
 | FUTA RUNNER: Big Dick Edition | $6.99 | 733 66% | 22k | $154k (exactly $153,710) | Evil Boobs Cult | |
 | Moving Houses | $13.99 | 232 72% | 7.0k | $97k (exactly $97,370) | Gordon Little | |
 | DEVIL'S WAY | $4.99 | 208 45% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | Rose Game Studio | |
 | 火起雪中寺 | $10.99 | 59 77% | 1.8k | $19k (exactly $19,452) | 江湖奇事录 | |
 | Escaping Wonderland | $19.99 | 32 87% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | 禁地直播 | $4.99 | 109 88% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | Say Hi Hi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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