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Should I ship a Lovecraftian Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Lovecraftian
Only 11 developers shipped a Lovecraftian Puzzle 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, Auridia, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.3k, ×20 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $50k, ×107 the market median. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,519) |
| Top 5% | $51k (exactly $50,649) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 125% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Lovecraftian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 542 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Local Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
eversion 2010 · $166k 
Morkredd 2020 · $95k 
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials 2020 · $94k 
Hamilton's Great Adventure 2011 · $69k 
Auridia 2025 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | eversion | older | $4.99 | 1,106 91% | 33k | $166k (exactly $165,568) | Zaratustra Productions |
| | Morkredd | older | $19.99 | 158 71% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Hyper Games |
| | Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials | older | $14.99 | 210 80% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Unspeakable Pixels |
| | Hamilton's Great Adventure | older | $9.99 | 230 69% | 6.9k | $69k (exactly $68,931) | Fatshark |
| | Auridia | $9.99 | 169 97% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,649) | Reed Molbak, Norseboar Games | |
 | TAMASHII | older | $4.99 | 317 95% | 9.5k | $47k (exactly $47,455) | Vikintor |
 | Chasing the Unseen | older | $19.99 | 38 60% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Strange Shift Studio |
 | VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood | $14.99 | 42 57% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Ash Jackson | |
 | Guayota | older | $14.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Team Delusion |
 | Paradox Vector | older | $9.99 | 59 83% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Schmidt Workshops |
 | SECTOR ZERO | $3.99 | 138 93% | 4.1k | $17k (exactly $16,519) | Ondrej Angelovic | |
 | CTHULOOT | $14.99 | 32 81% | 960 | $14k (exactly $14,390) | Pixelnest Studio, Headbang Club | |
 | Rumbral | $12.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $12k (exactly $11,691) | OSEA Innovations | |
 | Forgotten Hill: The Wardrobe | $4.99 | 62 72% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | FM Studio | |
 | Bio Fail | $2.99 | 46 100% | 1.4k | $4.1k (exactly $4,126) | Langonier | |
 | Futanari's Secret: The Forest | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Red Sasori | |
 | Wet And Wild | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Red Sasori | |
 | Rusty Flesh | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Wasteland Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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