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Should I ship a Lemmings Platformer?
Lemmings + Platformer
Only 6 developers shipped a Lemmings 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, Nickelodeon Splat Pack, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $120 against a market of $480. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $802 (exactly $802) |
| Top 5% | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 5 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Lemmings
- 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
- Lemmings, Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.67 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 5,391 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Lemmings with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + PuzzleFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerDead
- + ActionDead
- + StrategyDead
- + PhysicsDead
- + AdventureDead
Comparable games
Zombie Night Terror 2016 · $1.3M 
StrikeForce Kitty 2018 · $300k 
Moons Of Darsalon 2023 · $77k 
MouseCraft 2014 · $60k 
Flockers™ 2014 · $47k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zombie Night Terror | older | $12.99 | 3,352 93% | 101k | $1.3M (exactly $1,306,274) | NoClip |
| | StrikeForce Kitty | older | $9.99 | 1,002 89% | 30k | $300k (exactly $300,299) | Creepy Brothers |
| | Moons Of Darsalon | older | $19.67 | 131 78% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,303) | Dr. Kucho! Games |
| | MouseCraft | older | $9.99 | 200 85% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Crunching Koalas |
| | Flockers™ | older | $9.99 | 158 76% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $47,353) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Tin Hearts | older | $19.99 | 75 85% | 2.3k | $45k (exactly $44,978) | Rogue Sun |
 | Eets Munchies | older | $6.99 | 198 81% | 5.9k | $42k (exactly $41,521) | Klei Entertainment |
 | Crossing Guard Joe | older | $5.99 | 196 93% | 5.9k | $35k (exactly $35,221) | September Games |
 | So Many Me | older | $14.99 | 68 91% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $30,580) | Extend Studio |
 | Nummels | older | $12.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Plattnip |
 | Nickelodeon Splat Pack | $14.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Mighty Rabbit Studios | |
 | Mine Safety | $0.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | DIG Games | |
 | Population Goals! | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Thirty55 Design | |
 | Chicky Blocks | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Gameaki | |
 | Road Place | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ozamiatin | |
 | Wettop | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SIMPLE THINK GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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