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Should I ship a Medieval Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Medieval
Of 48 developers who shipped a Medieval 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.. 93 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $80k, ×169 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 93 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,496) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 161 |
| Announced | 93 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 115% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Medieval
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 1,651 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. Nearly all of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 93 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Phoenotopia: Awakening 2021 · $1.7M 
A Juggler's Tale 2021 · $683k 
Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics 2017 · $593k 
1348 Ex Voto 2026 · $529k 
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator 2023 · EA · $306k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Phoenotopia: Awakening | older | $19.99 | 2,755 82% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,652,173) | Cape Cosmic |
| | A Juggler's Tale | older | $17.99 | 1,265 93% | 38k | $683k (exactly $682,720) | kaleidoscube |
| | Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics | older | $9.99 | 1,978 83% | 59k | $593k (exactly $592,807) | Artefacts Studio |
| | 1348 Ex Voto | $24.99 | 705 53% | 21k | $529k (exactly $528,538) | Sedleo | |
| | The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 681 91% | 20k | $306k (exactly $306,246) | PeatyTurf |
 | Wildfire | older | $14.99 | 452 83% | 14k | $203k (exactly $203,264) | Sneaky Bastards |
 | Scarlet Deer Inn | $19.99 | 333 88% | 10k | $200k (exactly $199,700) | Attu Games | |
 | Selfloss | older | $24.99 | 258 75% | 7.7k | $193k (exactly $193,423) | Goodwin Games |
 | Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens | $14.99 | 179 95% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Mushreb Games | |
 | Teslagrad Remastered | older | $9.99 | 210 81% | 6.3k | $63k (exactly $62,937) | Rain Games |
 | GIGASWORD | $14.99 | 108 75% | 3.2k | $49k (exactly $48,568) | Studio Hybrid | |
 | Hold Your King | $5.99 | 154 83% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | Next Big Game Studio | |
 | Asterix & Obelix - Mission Babylon | $24.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $19k (exactly $19,492) | Balio Studio | |
 | Green Ember: Helmer in the Dragon Tomb | $16.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $16k (exactly $16,310) | Brazen Games, Longtreader Games | |
 | Limbs | $4.99 | 62 70% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | Moritz Göldi, Dominik Würsch | |
 | Who Takes The Crown? | $7.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $8.9k (exactly $8,869) | devthedoug | |
 | Animosity | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Red River Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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