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Should I ship a Mech Platformer?
Platformer + Mechs
Only 19 developers shipped a Mech 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, Guns of Fury, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 45 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×680 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 45 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $298 (exactly $298) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,278) |
| Top 5% | $427k (exactly $427,215) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 78 |
| Announced | 45 |
| 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 140% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Mechs
- 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
- Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 2D Platformer, Action, Arcade
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Side Scroller
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,588 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + PinballStrong odds
- + Combat RacingFair
- + FMVFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
Comparable games
HARDCORE MECHA 2019 · $1.4M 
Mighty Goose 2021 · $566k 
Intrusion 2 2012 · $500k 
Guns of Fury 2025 · $427k 
Nitro Express 2025 · $417k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HARDCORE MECHA | older | $19.99 | 2,331 83% | 70k | $1.4M (exactly $1,397,901) | RocketPunch Games |
| | Mighty Goose | older | $19.99 | 943 86% | 28k | $566k (exactly $565,517) | Blastmode, MP2 Games |
| | Intrusion 2 | older | $9.99 | 1,667 93% | 50k | $500k (exactly $499,600) | Aleksei Abramenko |
| | Guns of Fury | $14.99 | 950 88% | 29k | $427k (exactly $427,215) | Gelato Games Ltd | |
| | Nitro Express | $12.99 | 1,069 75% | 32k | $417k (exactly $416,589) | Grayfax Software | |
 | Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider | older | $16.99 | 489 85% | 15k | $249k (exactly $249,243) | JoyMasher |
 | Panzer Paladin | older | $19.99 | 334 76% | 10k | $200k (exactly $200,300) | Tribute Games Inc. |
 | Ad Fundum | older | $6.99 | 429 93% | 13k | $90k (exactly $89,961) | Oldbut Gold |
 | Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening | $24.99 | 119 77% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Magic Pockets | |
 | BioMenace Remastered | $14.99 | 186 99% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $83,644) | Rigel Gameworks | |
 | Haneda Girl | $14.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $33,278) | Studio Koba | |
 | DriveCrazy | $10.99 | 73 94% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,068) | TubezGames | |
 | MONUMENTUM | $3.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $7.5k (exactly $7,541) | Jakob Scott | |
 | LURRUNA - The Island of Towering Automatons | $9.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | PD_CGT | |
 | MINERALS: Deep Core Mining | $6.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | THINK & FEEL | |
 | NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | G.rev Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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