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Should I ship a Music Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Music
Only 11 developers shipped a Music Precision 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, A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 up 500% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Music
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 67 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Geometry Dash 2014 · $89M 
Electronic Super Joy 2013 · $592k 
140 2013 · $307k 
Runner3 2018 · $157k 
Remnants of Naezith 2018 · $132k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Geometry Dash | older | $4.99 | 595,606 93% | 18M | $89M (exactly $89,162,218) | RobTop Games |
| | Electronic Super Joy | older | $7.99 | 2,471 89% | 74k | $592k (exactly $592,299) | Michael Todd Games |
| | 140 | older | $4.99 | 2,054 94% | 62k | $307k (exactly $307,484) | Carlsen Games |
| | Runner3 | older | $19.99 | 261 75% | 7.8k | $157k (exactly $156,522) | Choice Provisions |
| | Remnants of Naezith | older | $9.99 | 440 95% | 13k | $132k (exactly $131,868) | Tolga Ay |
 | In Between | older | $11.99 | 149 85% | 4.5k | $54k (exactly $53,595) | Gentlymad |
 | Octahedron: Transfixed Edition | older | $12.99 | 115 93% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Demimonde |
 | Klang | older | $9.99 | 109 67% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,667) | Tinimations |
 | oO | older | $0.99 | 839 89% | 25k | $25k (exactly $24,918) | Maciej Targoni |
 | Matter | older | $4.99 | 159 88% | 4.8k | $24k (exactly $23,802) | Uki Uki Lab, Concrete Games |
 | A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Azimuth Studios | |
 | AeroWave OS | $4.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ByBelka Studio | |
 | MetroLand | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Kiloo | |
 | Synthwave Tunnel | · EA | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Git Gud | $3.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Absam Studios | |
 | Super Hot Cube | · EA | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Geometry Jump: Impossible Game | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Hard Shark Games | |
 | A Cat named Gossamergoober | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | James H. Van der Meulen | |
 | NEKRO3 | · EA | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | CHVDR |
 | Duball Dash | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Phalanx Tactical |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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