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Should I ship a Minigames Platformer?
Platformer + Minigames
Only 18 developers shipped a Minigames 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, UFO 50, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.6k, ×9.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $5.3M, ×11260 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) |
| Top 5% | $5.3M (exactly $5,348,360) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Platformer, Minigames; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Platformer, Adventure
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Colorful, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 7,406 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
UFO 50 2024 · $5.3M 
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition 2013 · $1.4M 
pureya 2021 · $403k 
My Singing Monsters Playground 2021 · $316k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | UFO 50 | $24.99 | 7,134 94% | 214k | $5.3M (exactly $5,348,360) | Mossmouth | |
| | Trials Evolution: Gold Edition | older | $19.99 | 2,253 74% | 68k | $1.4M (exactly $1,351,124) | Redlynx Ltd, Ubisoft Shanghaï |
| | pureya | older | $5.99 | 2,242 96% | 67k | $403k (exactly $402,887) | Majorariatto |
| | My Singing Monsters Playground | older | $39.99 | 263 82% | 7.9k | $316k (exactly $315,521) | Big Blue Bubble |
 | My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery | older | $39.99 | 126 73% | 3.8k | $151k (exactly $151,162) | Drakhar Studios |
 | Pixel Ripped 1995 | older | $19.99 | 169 94% | 5.1k | $101k (exactly $101,349) | ARVORE |
 | PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls | older | $39.99 | 58 51% | 1.7k | $70k (exactly $69,583) | Drakhar Studio |
 | Eagle Island Twist | older | $9.99 | 104 75% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $31,169) | Pixelnicks |
 | Fort Boyard | older | $24.99 | 41 53% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Appeal Studio |
 | Claire a la Mode | $14.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | Colorgrave | |
 | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | WHAT THE PAK?! | · EA | $5.99 | 51 72% | 1.5k | $9.2k (exactly $9,165) | Wendigo Games, Broken Lyre Entertainment |
 | Which Way Up: Galaxy Games | $14.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Turtle Flip Studio | |
 | Sklime - A Difficult Climbing Adventure | $7.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | Zankai, Zanthous | |
 | Natural Unintelligence: Zueirama 2 | · EA | $7.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | Memes Games |
 | Solvimus | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Iocus GmbH | |
 | good | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | zzox | |
 | 100 in 1 Game Collection | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Digital Bards |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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