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Should I ship a Match 3 Platformer?
Platformer + Match 3
Only 8 developers shipped a Match 3 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, POPUCOM, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. None are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $810 against a market of $480. Nothing is announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,058,170) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 0 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Match 3
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid matching rules and cascades
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Platformer, Match 3
- 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 $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,875 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. Nothing is announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
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Comparable games
POPUCOM 2025 · $2.1M 
FURRY SEX: Cabaret 💋🔞 2021 · $63k 
ILY 2020 · $10k 
MOVERS IN THE WAREHOUSE 2021 · $8.2k 
WaveCrash!! 2021 · $5.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | POPUCOM | $19.99 | 3,432 87% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,058,170) | Hypergryph | |
| | FURRY SEX: Cabaret 💋🔞 | older | $6.99 | 299 71% | 9.0k | $63k (exactly $62,700) | Furry Tails |
| | ILY | older | $7.99 | 42 97% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | FreeAnimals_Software, Dnovel |
| | MOVERS IN THE WAREHOUSE | older | $24.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Bocharov Games |
| | WaveCrash!! | older | $9.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Flyover Games |
 | 100 in 1 Game Collection | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Digital Bards | |
 | 1-Bit Revival: The Residuals of Null | older | $3.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | Alex Hanson-White |
 | Galactic Pick Up Artist | older | $7.99 | 12 16% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Schneeritter Studios |
 | Scavenger of Dunomini | older | $5.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | PUNKCAKE Delicieux |
 | White Rabbit | older | $3.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | FreeAnimals_Software |
 | Ultimate Sugar Crush! — Brick Breaker Desire | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | CHOCOLAT, LLC. | |
 | Trials Of Randoom | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Teion Games | |
 | Match-3 Juice Bar | $1.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Game98 | |
 | 99 Games: Puzzle, Action, Strategy, Simulation, Casual, Roguelike, Shooter, RPG & More | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Chongqing Xishou Technology Co., Ltd | |
 | Ultimate Sugar Crush! | $1.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | CHOCOLAT, LLC. | |
 | Winter Games Collection + Advent Calendar | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Denda Games | |
 | THE MINIGAME CABINET | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ragecore Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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