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Should I ship a Physics Lemmings game?
Physics + Lemmings
Only 4 developers shipped a Physics Lemmings game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 8 did: 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.. 6 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $800 against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $77k (exactly $77,303) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Physics, Lemmings
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.67 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 22,840 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 6 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Forts 2017 · $9.5M 
Contraption Maker 2014 · $359k 
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity 2011 · $94k 
Moons Of Darsalon 2023 · $77k 
COROPATA 2021 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forts | older | $14.99 | 21,216 92% | 636k | $9.5M (exactly $9,540,835) | EarthWork Games |
| | Contraption Maker | older | $12.99 | 922 92% | 28k | $359k (exactly $359,303) | Kevin Ryan |
| | Cargo! The Quest for Gravity | older | $9.99 | 312 83% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,506) | Ice-Pick Lodge |
| | Moons Of Darsalon | older | $19.67 | 131 78% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,303) | Dr. Kucho! Games |
| | COROPATA | older | $19.99 | 49 89% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | LukPlus |
 | Underland | older | $1.99 | 116 86% | 3.5k | $6.9k (exactly $6,925) | Minicactus Games |
 | Space Ducks: The great escape | older | $3.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | 6 Toad Games, taletronic |
 | Underland: The Climb | older | $1.99 | 47 95% | 1.4k | $2.8k (exactly $2,806) | Minicactus Games |
 | Kartoffl | older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Breach |
 | Panic Mode | · EA older | $7.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | MobiusCode |
 | Inflatum | $8.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | Michael Henderson, Inflatum Forum, Infl… (Michael Henderson, Inflatum Forum, Inflatum Announcements) | |
 | Mine Safety | $0.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | DIG Games | |
 | Chicky Blocks | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Gameaki | |
 | Wettop | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SIMPLE THINK GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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