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Should I ship a Logic Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Logic
Of 345 developers who shipped a Logic Puzzle 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.. 394 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 181 developers shipped in the last year and 394 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $75 (exactly $75) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 5% | $29k (exactly $29,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 345 |
| Released games | 1,153 |
| Announced | 394 |
| 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 flat on the market, 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.
- Puzzle 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
- Puzzle Platformer, Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 6,280 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $75. 9 in 10 of the 189 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 394 games are announced against 181 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
The Talos Principle 2 2023 · $11M 
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024 · $7.1M 
The Pedestrian 2020 · $3.1M 
Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition 2018 · $1.6M 
Islands of Insight 2024 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Talos Principle 2 | older | $29.99 | 12,478 94% | 374k | $11M (exactly $11,226,457) | Croteam |
| | Murders on the Yangtze River | older | $14.99 | 15,833 96% | 475k | $7.1M (exactly $7,120,100) | OMEGAMES STUDIO |
| | The Pedestrian | older | $19.99 | 5,173 96% | 155k | $3.1M (exactly $3,102,248) | Skookum Arts |
| | Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition | older | $16.99 | 3,096 88% | 93k | $1.6M (exactly $1,578,031) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | Islands of Insight | older | $29.99 | 1,604 75% | 48k | $1.4M (exactly $1,443,119) | Lunarch Studios |
 | The Gardens Between | older | $19.99 | 2,362 93% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | The Voxel Agents |
 | Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek | older | $29.99 | 1,217 87% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,094,935) | Dynamic Pixels |
 | Braid, Anniversary Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,761 92% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,056,072) | Thekla, Inc. |
 | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
 | The Bridge | older | $9.99 | 3,425 87% | 103k | $1.0M (exactly $1,026,472) | Ty Taylor, Vega Castañeda |
 | Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise | $15.99 | 1,054 78% | 32k | $506k (exactly $505,604) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Mind Over Magnet | $9.99 | 1,344 89% | 40k | $403k (exactly $402,797) | Game Maker's Toolkit | |
 | Game Of Fate 3：Clash Of Crowns | $16.79 | 734 85% | 22k | $370k (exactly $369,716) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Schrodinger's Cat Burglar | $19.99 | 613 97% | 18k | $368k (exactly $367,616) | Abandoned Sheep | |
 | Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time | $10.99 | 986 88% | 30k | $325k (exactly $325,084) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
 | Bat to the Heavens | $14.99 | 407 95% | 12k | $183k (exactly $183,028) | ceroro | |
 | Poke ALL Toads | $11.99 | 447 100% | 13k | $161k (exactly $160,786) | SpaceMatra | |
 | Gloomy Eyes | $24.99 | 155 94% | 4.7k | $116k (exactly $116,204) | Atlas V, Be Revolution Gaming, 3Dar, Fi… (Atlas V, Be Revolution Gaming, 3Dar, Fishing Cactus, ARTE France) | |
 | Super Puzzled Cat | $16.99 | 183 98% | 5.5k | $93k (exactly $93,275) | Penguin Mug Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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