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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + LGBTQ+
Only 10 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Precision 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, LEGO® Horizon Adventures™, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×19 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $17k against a market of $480. 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $17,498) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $35,065) |
| Top 5% | $483k (exactly $483,479) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 85% positive over 1,362 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.9k. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×19 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Celeste 2018 · $79M 
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024 · $6.1M 
Kitsune Tails 2024 · $500k 
LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ 2024 · $483k 
PEPPERED: an existential platformer 2025 · $271k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Celeste | older | $19.99 | 132,072 97% | 4.0M | $79M (exactly $79,203,578) | Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Ga… (Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Games, Ltd.) |
| | Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | older | $29.99 | 6,754 84% | 203k | $6.1M (exactly $6,076,574) | Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | Kitsune Tails | older | $19.99 | 833 95% | 25k | $500k (exactly $499,550) | Kitsune Games |
| | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
| | PEPPERED: an existential platformer | $14.99 | 603 96% | 18k | $271k (exactly $271,169) | Mostly Games | |
 | Eden Genesis | older | $24.99 | 81 92% | 2.4k | $61k (exactly $60,726) | Aeternum Game Studios S.L |
 | Protodroid DeLTA | older | $19.99 | 74 72% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $44,378) | Adam Kareem |
 | The Rocky Horror Show Video Game | $9.99 | 117 86% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | FreakZone Games | |
 | CatboyZOOM | · EA | $9.99 | 95 97% | 2.9k | $28k (exactly $28,472) | Ethan Vuong, Brae Stoltz |
 | Bauhaus Bonk | $7.99 | 73 100% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | Spoonful Games | |
 | Ronny's Climb | $5.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Zephyrix | |
 | HOPSHOT | $4.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | mysticat | |
 | :3 | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | mod.kitchen | |
 | SAFE ZONE | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jibakurei Games |
 | PX2: The Termination | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gultra Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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