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Inventory Management + Platformer
Of 24 developers who shipped an Inventory Management 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.. 61 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $780, ×1.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $27k, ×58 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 61 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $779 (exactly $779) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,572) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 76 |
| Announced | 61 |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 65% more 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.
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Inventory Management, Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Platformer, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2.5D, 2D, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 354 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + WargameFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + LogicFair
- + Card GameFair
- + Trading Card GameFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + God GameFair
Comparable games
Lost Ruins 2021 · $2.8M 
Vagante 2018 · $1.9M 
The Eternal Cylinder 2022 · $874k 
StrikeForce Kitty 2018 · $300k 
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) 2016 · $121k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lost Ruins | older | $19.99 | 4,643 86% | 139k | $2.8M (exactly $2,784,407) | ALTARI GAMES |
| | Vagante | older | $14.99 | 4,118 90% | 124k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,865) | Nuke Nine |
| | The Eternal Cylinder | older | $24.99 | 1,166 89% | 35k | $874k (exactly $874,150) | ACE Team |
| | StrikeForce Kitty | older | $9.99 | 1,002 89% | 30k | $300k (exactly $300,299) | Creepy Brothers |
| | Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) | older | $11.99 | 336 92% | 10k | $121k (exactly $120,859) | Locomalito, Gryzor87 |
 | Jump Off The Bridge | · EA older | $7.99 | 239 87% | 7.2k | $57k (exactly $57,288) | Cody Penn |
 | Lovish | $14.99 | 120 85% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,964) | LABS Works | |
 | Footgun: Underground | older | $14.99 | 102 85% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | Turtle Knight Games |
 | Recon Control | older | $9.99 | 96 79% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | Dmitry Kozlov |
 | Warden: Melody of the Undergrowth | older | $19.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Cardboard Keep |
 | Submerge | · EA | $9.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Neuron Activation |
 | VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood | $14.99 | 42 57% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Ash Jackson | |
 | Star Rift Saga | $14.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Studio Vela LLC | |
 | Starlair | $19.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Shooty Bazooky | |
 | The Orc Invasion | $10.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) | ATK Games | |
 | Mirage: Ignis Fatuus | $16.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.6k (exactly $3,568) | Illam | |
 | babe-lathe | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | tjern | |
 | Backrooms Not Escape | · EA | $4.99 | 11 36% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Serga |
 | Red's Ascent | $4.99 | 10 40% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Özgür Çallı |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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