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Level Editor + Precision Platformer
Of 47 developers who shipped a Level Editor Precision 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.. 84 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 84 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) |
| Top 5% | $54k (exactly $54,414) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 156 |
| Announced | 84 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 up 45% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Precision Platformer
- 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, Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,545 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 84 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Geometry Dash 2014 · $89M 
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M 
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I wanna be the Creator 2019 · $514k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Geometry Dash | older | $4.99 | 595,606 93% | 18M | $89M (exactly $89,162,218) | RobTop Games |
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
| | N++ (NPLUSPLUS) | older | $14.99 | 2,825 95% | 85k | $1.3M (exactly $1,270,402) | Metanet Software Inc. |
| | SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell | older | $14.99 | 2,050 95% | 62k | $922k (exactly $921,885) | Pine Studio |
| | I wanna be the Creator | older | $5.99 | 2,860 94% | 86k | $514k (exactly $513,942) | Aikesi |
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 | JellyCar Worlds | older | $7.99 | 1,008 96% | 30k | $242k (exactly $241,618) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
 | BIT.TRIP RERUNNER | older | $19.99 | 356 96% | 11k | $213k (exactly $213,493) | Choice Provisions, Gamecraft Studios |
 | Shotgun Cop Man | $9.99 | 633 96% | 19k | $190k (exactly $189,710) | DeadToast Entertainment | |
 | Rocket Boots Mania | $14.99 | 229 99% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $102,981) | Luma Play | |
 | Hell of an Office | $14.99 | 121 89% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $54,414) | 43 Studios | |
 | Sensory Overload | $9.99 | 162 93% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $48,551) | Pancake Studios | |
 | Oeuf | $9.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | increpare games | |
 | Let's Cook Together 2 | $23.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $27k (exactly $26,629) | Yellow Dot | |
 | Tick Hop | $2.99 | 196 79% | 5.9k | $18k (exactly $17,581) | 小磊又饿又困 | |
 | Kinetic | $7.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,588) | Lowraiz Games | |
 | Hyperstacks | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Squirrel Bytes | |
 | Under The Red Sky | · EA | $7.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | Dedra Games, Federico Calchera |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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