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Should I ship a Military Parkour game?
Parkour + Military
Only 7 developers shipped a Military 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, SkillWarz, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 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 $360 against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Top 5% | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 35% more 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 259,735 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Combat RacingFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
Titanfall® 2 2020 · $229M 
Hunt Down The Freeman 2018 · $1.1M 
LEAP 2023 · $98k 
Time To Stop Time 2020 · $48k 
KILLRUN 2022 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Titanfall® 2 | older | $29.99 | 255,050 95% | 7.7M | $229M (exactly $229,468,485) | Respawn Entertainment |
| | Hunt Down The Freeman | older | $9.99 | 3,785 54% | 114k | $1.1M (exactly $1,134,364) | Royal Rudius Entertainment |
| | LEAP | older | $14.99 | 219 52% | 6.6k | $98k (exactly $98,484) | Blue Isle Studios |
| | Time To Stop Time | older | $9.99 | 161 71% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $48,252) | Sicarius |
| | KILLRUN | older | $4.99 | 153 67% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | BULKHEAD |
 | SPECTRE | · EA older | $9.99 | 76 55% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Symbiosis Games |
 | Reload | older | $4.99 | 95 70% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,222) | Top3Line s.r.o. |
 | Commando Hero | older | $2.99 | 146 85% | 4.4k | $13k (exactly $13,096) | Montee Games |
 | Alvo VR | older | $14.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | OutsideIn Entertainment |
 | SkillWarz | · EA | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Baltverge Games |
 | Prison Escape Simulator | $9.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | PEGAX Studios | |
 | Kill Dee | $0.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | BYE BYE, BUYBYEGames | |
 | Wobble Ops! | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Montee Games | |
 | SALT: Super Awesome Laser Tag | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Foxmoon Studios | |
 | Circle Begins | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | LAMSON Forge | |
 | ZeLastTank : Battle Royale | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ysn-production |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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