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Should I ship a Music Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Music
Only 12 developers shipped a Music 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, Metro Gravity, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.0k against a market of $480. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) |
| Top 25% | $77k (exactly $77,374) |
| Top 5% | $332k (exactly $332,024) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 141 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 2225% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle 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
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 1,286 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
In Sound Mind 2021 · $5.7M 
DEEMO -Reborn- 2020 · $2.4M 
The Unfinished Swan 2020 · $849k 
FRAMED Collection 2018 · $700k 
Degrees of Separation 2019 · $606k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | In Sound Mind | older | $34.99 | 5,467 95% | 164k | $5.7M (exactly $5,738,710) | We Create Stuff |
| | DEEMO -Reborn- | older | $24.99 | 3,188 87% | 96k | $2.4M (exactly $2,390,044) | Rayark International Limited |
| | The Unfinished Swan | older | $14.99 | 1,888 83% | 57k | $849k (exactly $849,034) | Giant Sparrow |
| | FRAMED Collection | older | $9.99 | 2,336 94% | 70k | $700k (exactly $700,099) | Loveshack Entertainment |
| | Degrees of Separation | older | $19.99 | 1,011 80% | 30k | $606k (exactly $606,297) | Moondrop |
 | BALAN WONDERWORLD | older | $39.99 | 454 55% | 14k | $545k (exactly $544,664) | Square Enix, ARZEST Corp. |
 | One Hand Clapping | older | $14.99 | 877 84% | 26k | $394k (exactly $394,387) | Bad Dream Games |
 | Slice of Sea | older | $24.99 | 523 90% | 16k | $392k (exactly $392,093) | Mateusz Skutnik |
 | Metro Gravity | $12.99 | 852 92% | 26k | $332k (exactly $332,024) | mrkogamedev | |
 | 140 | older | $4.99 | 2,054 94% | 62k | $307k (exactly $307,484) | Carlsen Games |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | Magic Tiny Lands | $29.99 | 86 90% | 2.6k | $77k (exactly $77,374) | Galactic Geckon | |
 | Swan Song | $7.99 | 95 96% | 2.9k | $23k (exactly $22,772) | Business Goose Studios | |
 | After School Afterlife | $7.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | Mini Bunnies | |
 | Songs of the HMong | $8.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | 苗歌开发组 | |
 | Hentai Office | $1.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | UwU | |
 | Hentai Step Milf | $1.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | UwU | |
 | Hentai Mature Milf | $1.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | UwU | |
 | Hentai Gothic | $3.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | UwU |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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