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Parkour + Martial Arts
Only 9 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Parkour game 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, Killer Bean, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.6k against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) |
| Top 25% | $165k (exactly $164,803) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 150645% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Parkour
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 95,035 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014 · $42M 
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020 · $8.4M 
Overgrowth 2017 · $3.7M 
Killer Bean 2026 · EA · $1.0M 
Brush Burial: Gutter World 2025 · $251k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 70,499 94% | 2.1M | $42M (exactly $42,278,250) | United Front Games, Feral Interactive (… (United Front Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
| | Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst | older | $19.99 | 14,078 79% | 422k | $8.4M (exactly $8,442,577) | DICE |
| | Overgrowth | older | $19.99 | 6,202 86% | 186k | $3.7M (exactly $3,719,339) | Wolfire Games |
| | Killer Bean | · EA | $14.99 | 2,272 73% | 68k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) | Killer Bean Studios LLC |
| | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
 | Double Dragon Revive | $34.99 | 157 63% | 4.7k | $165k (exactly $164,803) | YUKE’S | |
 | Lugaru HD | older | $9.99 | 356 83% | 11k | $107k (exactly $106,693) | Wolfire Games |
 | Tricking 0 | · EA older | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Full-in Studios |
 | No Fair Play | older | $2.99 | 452 90% | 14k | $41k (exactly $40,544) | Self MADev |
 | FLASH OF THE BLADE X | older | $2.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $6.6k (exactly $6,638) | DOSMan Games |
 | Kick'n Hell | $7.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Fire Foot Studios | |
 | UNPLUG - The Game | · EA | $10.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | GoldLime Studios |
 | Knights of the Apocalypse | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Sirius Morning Star | |
 | R.E.M. Rage | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Roger Eduardo de Couto | |
 | Forgotten spirit | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | BurningGRP | |
 | Ninja and the Quest for the Jade Statue | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | our_flag_means_fun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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