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Should I ship a Lemmings Puzzle Platformer?
Lemmings + Puzzle Platformer
Only 4 developers shipped a Lemmings Puzzle Platformer in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 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.. 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 $2.7k against a market of $480. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $772 (exactly $772) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 5% | $439k (exactly $439,054) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $11.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 855 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $780. 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
- + ActionDead
- + StrategyDead
- + PhysicsDead
- + AdventureDead
- + PlatformerDead
Comparable games
HUMANITY 2023 · $439k 
Tin Hearts 2023 · $45k 
Underland 2021 · $6.9k 
GOD'S GIFT 2024 · $5.4k 
Grooveyard 2025 · $5.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HUMANITY | older | $29.99 | 488 92% | 15k | $439k (exactly $439,054) | tha ltd., Enhance |
| | Tin Hearts | older | $19.99 | 75 85% | 2.3k | $45k (exactly $44,978) | Rogue Sun |
| | Underland | older | $1.99 | 116 86% | 3.5k | $6.9k (exactly $6,925) | Minicactus Games |
| | GOD'S GIFT | older | $11.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Straitjacket |
| | Grooveyard | $4.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | GuavaGoose Games | |
 | Nummels | older | $12.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Plattnip |
 | Space Ducks: The great escape | older | $3.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | 6 Toad Games, taletronic |
 | Dwarflings | older | $2.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) | Starwind Games |
 | Underland: The Climb | older | $1.99 | 47 95% | 1.4k | $2.8k (exactly $2,806) | Minicactus Games |
 | Nickelodeon Splat Pack | $14.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Mighty Rabbit Studios | |
 | Jack Barau | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Rodolphe BAX, Thierry BROCHART | |
 | Population Goals! | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Thirty55 Design |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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