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Should I ship an Incremental Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Incremental
Only 11 developers shipped an Incremental 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, Bauhaus Bonk, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $480. 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) |
| Top 5% | $17k (exactly $17,498) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 up 1220% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer, Incremental
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 176 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Tools Up! Ultimate Edition 2024 · $117k 
The Shape of Things 2023 · $56k 
Bomb The Monsters! 2015 · $33k 
Bauhaus Bonk 2025 · $17k 
Score a goal 2 (Physical football) 2018 · $9.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tools Up! Ultimate Edition | older | $34.99 | 111 76% | 3.3k | $117k (exactly $116,517) | The Knights of Unity |
| | The Shape of Things | older | $6.99 | 267 88% | 8.0k | $56k (exactly $55,990) | Hyper Three Studio |
| | Bomb The Monsters! | older | $4.99 | 221 77% | 6.6k | $33k (exactly $33,084) | Finalboss game studio |
| | Bauhaus Bonk | $7.99 | 73 100% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | Spoonful Games | |
| | Score a goal 2 (Physical football) | older | $2.99 | 109 71% | 3.3k | $9.8k (exactly $9,777) | BulatHard |
 | Old Tunnel | older | $8.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $7.8k (exactly $7,821) | HugePixel |
 | 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. |
 | Slime Clicker | $4.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Kyiv Indie Titans | |
 | Aya's Journey | older | $2.99 | 33 39% | 990 | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) | Boogygames Studios |
 | BiColor - Vision Trainer | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Binary Brain Games | |
 | Orbs Orbs Orbs | $3.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Acrylic Pixel Games | |
 | PsyUp: A Psychological Physics Puzzle | $1.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | N2kStudio | |
 | HiHi | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | かくかくしかじか, demiş ünsüz oyun geliştiricisi | |
 | Jump or Smash | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Saffron Sands Games, S.L. | |
 | Fenrir Banquet | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BoreBorekick |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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