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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Intentionally Awkward Controls Precision Platformer?

Intentionally Awkward Controls + Precision Platformer

Only 18 developers shipped an Intentionally Awkward Controls 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, Get Tilted! :), made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $630, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×43 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 40% on the market, 10 announced, ×1.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Intentionally Awkward Controls + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 18
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $538 → $1.7k → $9.7k → $597 → $240 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Intentionally Awkward Controls + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 18
Bottom 30% $240 (exactly $240)
Median $629 (exactly $629)
Top 25% $2.8k (exactly $2,844)
Top 5% $20k (exactly $20,236)
Developers, 2 yr 18
Released games 43
Announced 10
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 down 40% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Intentionally Awkward Controls
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Intentionally Awkward Controls, Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 3D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, Third Person, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 94% positive over 254 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $240, median $630, 1 in 4 over $2.8k, 1 in 20 over $20k.

3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Intentionally Awkward Controls with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + PhysicsPoor odds25 devs · median $1.2k · 17 announced
  2. + 3D PlatformerPoor odds12 devs · median $718 · 4 announced
  3. + ActionPoor odds22 devs · median $599 · 15 announced
  4. + PlatformerPoor odds20 devs · median $599 · 11 announced
  5. + SimulationDead12 devs · median $3.4k · 7 announced
  6. + AdventureDead16 devs · median $2.8k · 16 announced
  7. + Psychological HorrorDead17 devs · median $1.2k · 9 announced
  8. + ArcadeDead11 devs · median $599 · 4 announced
  9. + 2D PlatformerDead9 devs · median $599 · 6 announced

All 9 pairs on the Intentionally Awkward Controls page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

The Game of Sisyphus 2024 · $155k Happenlance 2021 · $23k Unicycle Pizza Time! 2024 · $22k Get Tilted! :) 2025 · $20k LOST EGG 2019 · $14k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Game of Sisyphus older $6.99 741 79% 22k $155k (exactly $155,388) cream
Happenlance older $19.99 39 92% 1.2k $23k (exactly $23,388) Miles Fogle, Phillip Trudeau-Tavara, Cy… (Miles Fogle, Phillip Trudeau-Tavara, Cyborg Primate)
Unicycle Pizza Time! older $4.99 145 78% 4.4k $22k (exactly $21,706) BiteMe Games
Get Tilted! :) $14.99 45 97% 1.4k $20k (exactly $20,236) Timebat Studio
LOST EGG older $2.99 153 80% 4.6k $14k (exactly $13,724) KIMIDORI SOFT
Left Not Right $6.99 61 93% 1.8k $13k (exactly $12,792) GamjaGames
Handstand Hank $4.99 65 95% 2.0k $9.7k (exactly $9,730) Michael Fischer
Fish Hero older $2.99 100 77% 3.0k $9.0k (exactly $8,970) MODE24
Robotry! older $12.49 20 95% 600 $7.5k (exactly $7,494) Lockpickle
Nolgorb's Ordeal older $3.99 61 72% 1.8k $7.3k (exactly $7,302) Hard Meat
I HATE MY LEGS $10.99 17 100% 510 $5.6k (exactly $5,605) Subhumans Studio
Ropebound $4.99 19 94% 570 $2.8k (exactly $2,844) Bubbling Cat Games
Ropeman $5.99 14 100% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) 1K Project
Gunz & Golf $4.99 12 100% 360 $1.8k (exactly $1,796) Virtual Ducky Games
a Difficult game about Wheelchair $2.99 8 62% 240 $718 (exactly $718) SATEKI GAMES
UFO-Man $6.99 3 100% 90 $629 (exactly $629) Dyglone
Bermel $1.99 10 90% 300 $597 (exactly $597) FaredOn

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.