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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Puzzle Platformer?
Multiple Endings + Puzzle Platformer
Of 118 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Puzzle 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.. 227 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×238 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 227 games are announced against 59 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 5% | $113k (exactly $113,209) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 118 |
| Released games | 341 |
| Announced | 227 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 60% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Multiple Endings, Puzzle Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 12,343 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 67 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 227 games are announced against 59 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
INSIDE 2016 · $52M 
Catherine Classic 2019 · $5.3M 
Manifold Garden 2020 · $4.6M 
Sable 2021 · $4.0M 
Reventure 2019 · $3.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | INSIDE | older | $24.99 | 69,791 97% | 2.1M | $52M (exactly $52,322,313) | Playdead |
| | Catherine Classic | older | $19.99 | 8,858 88% | 266k | $5.3M (exactly $5,312,143) | ATLUS |
| | Manifold Garden | older | $19.99 | 7,717 95% | 232k | $4.6M (exactly $4,627,885) | William Chyr Studio |
| | Sable | older | $24.99 | 5,365 86% | 161k | $4.0M (exactly $4,022,140) | Shedworks |
| | Reventure | older | $12.34 | 8,451 95% | 254k | $3.1M (exactly $3,128,560) | Pixelatto |
 | Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed | $39.99 | 1,275 93% | 38k | $1.5M (exactly $1,529,618) | Purple Lamp | |
 | Train Valley 2 | older | $14.99 | 2,356 90% | 71k | $1.1M (exactly $1,059,493) | Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timof… (Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm) |
 | Scarlet Idol | $7.99 | 2,586 66% | 78k | $620k (exactly $619,864) | 山雨工作室 | |
 | Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition | older | $39.99 | 504 65% | 15k | $605k (exactly $604,649) | Oddworld Inhabitants |
 | Fever Meme | $4.20 | 4,358 91% | 131k | $549k (exactly $549,108) | Aimbok | |
 | Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise | $15.99 | 1,054 78% | 32k | $506k (exactly $505,604) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Game Of Fate 3：Clash Of Crowns | $16.79 | 734 85% | 22k | $370k (exactly $369,716) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time | $10.99 | 986 88% | 30k | $325k (exactly $325,084) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | PEPPERED: an existential platformer | $14.99 | 603 96% | 18k | $271k (exactly $271,169) | Mostly Games | |
 | Cursed Armor 2 | $15.99 | 236 84% | 7.1k | $113k (exactly $113,209) | wolfgame | |
 | Super Puzzled Cat | $16.99 | 183 98% | 5.5k | $93k (exactly $93,275) | Penguin Mug Games | |
 | The Warrior | $4.99 | 328 97% | 9.8k | $49k (exactly $49,102) | ThornDuck |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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