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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Multiple Endings Precision Platformer?

Multiple Endings + Precision Platformer

Of 52 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Precision 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.. 71 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×321 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 71 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.9 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 71 announced, ×3.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Multiple Endings + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 52
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $899 → $539 → $2.7k → $2.4k → $1.3k → $718 → $4.0k (still earning) → $4.1k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Multiple Endings + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 52
Bottom 30% $298 (exactly $298)
Median $900 (exactly $900)
Top 25% $9.6k (exactly $9,590)
Top 5% $152k (exactly $152,400)
Developers, 2 yr 52
Released games 130
Announced 71
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $5.00

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 10% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Multiple Endings
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Multiple Endings, Precision Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Adventure, 2D Platformer
Price point
$5.00 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 6,539 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $900, 1 in 4 over $9.5k, 1 in 20 over $150k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Multiple Endings with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVStrong odds128 devs · median $65k · 93 announced
  2. + WuxiaFair11 devs · median $230k · 18 announced
  3. + Level EditorFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  4. + Job SimulatorFair32 devs · median $5.8k · 42 announced
  5. + SuperheroFair15 devs · median $4.5k · 22 announced
  6. + 4 Player LocalFair10 devs · median $3.6k · 10 announced
  7. + Escape RoomFair37 devs · median $2.2k · 32 announced
  8. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $1.8k · 42 announced
  9. + TriviaFair14 devs · median $1.7k · 15 announced
  10. + Score AttackFair40 devs · median $599 · 49 announced
  11. + ArcadeFair176 devs · median $598 · 180 announced
  12. + Arena ShooterFair18 devs · median $597 · 16 announced

All 214 pairs on the Multiple Endings page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024 · $18M Rusted Moss 2023 · $945k Unbound: Worlds Apart 2021 · $720k Fever Meme 2025 · $549k Super Mombo Quest 2021 · $477k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
BlazBlue Entropy Effect older $19.99 30,410 94% 912k $18M (exactly $18,236,877) 91Act
Rusted Moss older $19.99 1,575 88% 47k $945k (exactly $944,527) Emlise, happysquared, sunnydaze
Unbound: Worlds Apart older $19.99 1,200 82% 36k $720k (exactly $719,640) Alien Pixel Studios
Fever Meme $4.20 4,358 91% 131k $549k (exactly $549,108) Aimbok
Super Mombo Quest older $19.99 795 96% 24k $477k (exactly $476,761) Orube Game Studio
PEPPERED: an existential platformer $14.99 603 96% 18k $271k (exactly $271,169) Mostly Games
TetherGeist $16.99 299 97% 9.0k $152k (exactly $152,400) O. and Co. Games, Out of Space Games
Gimmick! 2 older $19.99 169 88% 5.1k $101k (exactly $101,349) Bitwave Games
Time Loader older $7.99 387 83% 12k $93k (exactly $92,764) Flazm
Moventure $12.34 239 67% 7.2k $88k (exactly $88,478) Pixelatto
Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game $9.99 220 96% 6.6k $66k (exactly $65,934) DarkBear Studios, iNightGaming LLC
ZAKO NO AHIRU $6.99 278 87% 8.3k $58k (exactly $58,297) FUファイターズ
The Warrior $4.99 328 97% 9.8k $49k (exactly $49,102) ThornDuck
Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists $9.99 113 84% 3.4k $34k (exactly $33,866) Neckbolt
Devil's Drizzle $9.99 63 93% 1.9k $19k (exactly $18,881) Cozy Creeps Games, Filipe Acosta
Gravity Castle $14.99 38 89% 1.1k $17k (exactly $17,089) Studio LEF

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.