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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Mini Golf game?
Mini Golf + Puzzle Platformer
Only 6 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer Mini Golf 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, Sling-A-Thing, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $480. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $4.3k (exactly $4,290) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 5 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mini Golf
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Mini Golf, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 4,567 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 5 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mini Golf with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AdventureFair
- + PhysicsFair
- + SimulationFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + GolfPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + StrategyDead
Comparable games
WHAT THE GOLF? 2020 · $2.6M 
Cheap Golf 2018 · $9.6k 
Arcane Golf 2018 · $5.0k 
Sling-A-Thing 2025 · $4.3k 
Grippy Golf 2024 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WHAT THE GOLF? | older | $19.99 | 4,324 93% | 130k | $2.6M (exactly $2,593,103) | Triband |
| | Cheap Golf | older | $4.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Pixeljam |
| | Arcane Golf | older | $2.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $5.0k (exactly $5,023) | FromLefcourt, thatgregperkins |
| | Sling-A-Thing | $5.50 | 26 100% | 780 | $4.3k (exactly $4,290) | Navel | |
| | Grippy Golf | older | $11.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Switchback Studio |
 | Hole in the Clouds | older | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Shortbread |
 | Puzzling Peaks EXE | older | $2.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | Darius Immanuel Guerrero |
 | Pocket Mini Golf | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Vivid Games |
 | Joon Shining | older | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Orchid of Redemption |
 | Karen The Chicken | older | $2.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | HannaHannaGames |
 | Roll'N With Da Punchez | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kamatayan Workz | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Melon Bounce | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Ransuz Studio | |
 | The Herd | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Levelhead Interactive | |
 | Mini Golf Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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