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Should I ship a Mining Puzzle Platformer?
Mining + Puzzle Platformer
Only 6 developers shipped a Mining Puzzle 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, Everdeep Aurora, 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, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.0k against a market of $480. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,591) |
| Top 5% | $106k (exactly $106,147) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mining
- 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
- Mining, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 657 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.0k. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mining with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingStrong odds
- + TradingFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + EconomyFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + NatureFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
Everdeep Aurora 2025 · $106k 
SpaceKraft! 2024 · $22k 
Something Ate My Alien 2020 · $20k 
BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary 2025 · $19k 
The soldier in the mine 2017 · $14k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everdeep Aurora | $19.99 | 177 89% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Nautilus Games | |
| | SpaceKraft! | older | $11.99 | 62 85% | 1.9k | $22k (exactly $22,301) | Game Dev Garage |
| | Something Ate My Alien | older | $16.99 | 40 87% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $20,388) | Rokabium Games |
| | BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary | $19.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | BBG Entertainment GmbH | |
| | The soldier in the mine | older | $4.99 | 91 52% | 2.7k | $14k (exactly $13,623) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Boulder Dash Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | BBG Entertainment GmbH |
 | Underland | older | $1.99 | 116 86% | 3.5k | $6.9k (exactly $6,925) | Minicactus Games |
 | ! That Bastard Is Trying To Steal Our Gold ! | older | $2.99 | 68 55% | 2.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,100) | WTFOMGames |
 | DIGGERGUN | $9.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Kabloop | |
 | Fool's End | older | $4.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Alan Higgs |
 | Delivery Up Together | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Artem Breineng | |
 | Imperial Settlers: Imperial Miners | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | infoexpert games | |
 | Real Puzzles - Canyons | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Black Cat Leo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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