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Should I ship a Logic Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Logic
Of 72 developers who shipped a Logic 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.. 67 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 38 developers shipped in the last year and 67 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $13,786) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 72 |
| Released games | 236 |
| Announced | 67 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer, Logic; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Puzzle Platformer, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,162 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Leap Year 2024 · $458k 
Bat to the Heavens 2024 · $183k 
Space Accident VR 2025 · $118k 
Vectronom 2019 · $79k 
Bots Are Stupid 2022 · $63k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Leap Year | older | $4.99 | 3,060 96% | 92k | $458k (exactly $458,082) | Daniel Linssen |
| | Bat to the Heavens | $14.99 | 407 95% | 12k | $183k (exactly $183,028) | ceroro | |
| | Space Accident VR | $16.99 | 231 82% | 6.9k | $118k (exactly $117,741) | VR-WRG | |
| | Vectronom | older | $9.99 | 263 96% | 7.9k | $79k (exactly $78,821) | Ludopium, ARTE France |
| | Bots Are Stupid | older | $12.99 | 161 77% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Leander Edler-Golla |
 | Switchball HD | older | $12.99 | 145 88% | 4.4k | $57k (exactly $56,506) | Atomic Elbow |
 | The Shape of Things | older | $6.99 | 267 88% | 8.0k | $56k (exactly $55,990) | Hyper Three Studio |
 | Dofamine VR | $9.99 | 173 82% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | VR-WRG | |
 | Joe Wander and the Enigmatic Adventures | older | $29.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $43k (exactly $43,186) | Frozen Pixel |
 | Tinboy | older | $4.99 | 231 64% | 6.9k | $35k (exactly $34,581) | Interactive Stone |
 | Tick Hop | $2.99 | 196 79% | 5.9k | $18k (exactly $17,581) | 小磊又饿又困 | |
 | Rollick N' Roll | $9.99 | 46 93% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | Crayonix Games | |
 | Skullbreaker | $29.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Sharkgame | |
 | Power Sink | $14.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Winterwire Games | |
 | Who Takes The Crown? | $7.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $8.9k (exactly $8,869) | devthedoug | |
 | Hyperstacks | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Squirrel Bytes | |
 | Elementalist | $8.00 | 22 95% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,280) | Dawid Maziarski |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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