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Level Editor + Perma Death
Only 4 developers shipped a Level Editor Perma Death game 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.. 9 more are announced, ×9.0 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 $480 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,507,646) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Perma Death
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Perma Death
- Price point
- $6.99 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 88% positive over 5,591 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 9 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CollectathonFair
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- + Score AttackFair
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- + TransportationPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
30XX 2023 · $1.5M 
Race The Sun 2013 · $592k 
Soulash 2022 · $231k 
Sipho 2023 · $183k 
Evertried 2021 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 30XX | older | $19.99 | 2,514 90% | 75k | $1.5M (exactly $1,507,646) | Batterystaple Games |
| | Race The Sun | older | $9.99 | 1,974 93% | 59k | $592k (exactly $591,608) | Flippfly LLC |
| | Soulash | older | $14.99 | 513 69% | 15k | $231k (exactly $230,696) | Artur Smiarowski |
| | Sipho | older | $17.99 | 339 83% | 10k | $183k (exactly $182,958) | All Parts Connected |
| | Evertried | older | $19.99 | 38 71% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Lunic Games / Danilo Domingues |
 | Escape This | older | $4.99 | 140 59% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $20,958) | Four Winged Studio |
 | Ziggy's Labyrinth | older | $6.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | Lankyware |
 | Cthulhu Dungeon | · EA older | $6.99 | 23 65% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | SanYeGame |
 | My Mud Game | · EA older | $15.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Red Cat Studio |
 | PowBall Renaissance | older | $3.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | POW Games |
 | Randotura | $1.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | blinyadebil | |
 | Nights of the Sleeping God | · EA | $1.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Codevanger |
 | SENSE: The Game | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | IPOleksenko | |
 | PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | lampersandl |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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