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Should I ship a Mystery Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Mystery
Of 63 developers who shipped a Mystery 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.. 82 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 28 developers shipped in the last year and 82 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,104) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $40,780) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 153 |
| Announced | 82 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Mystery
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 6,796 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 82 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 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
MIO: Memories in Orbit 2026 · $2.6M 
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered 2025 · $1.4M 
Thomas Was Alone 2012 · $1.2M 
Monument Valley 2 2022 · $845k 
Leap Year 2024 · $458k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MIO: Memories in Orbit | $19.99 | 4,300 83% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,578,710) | Douze Dixièmes | |
| | Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered | $29.99 | 1,507 89% | 45k | $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) | Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics | |
| | Thomas Was Alone | older | $9.99 | 4,144 92% | 124k | $1.2M (exactly $1,241,957) | Bithell Games |
| | Monument Valley 2 | older | $7.99 | 3,526 93% | 106k | $845k (exactly $845,182) | ustwo games |
| | Leap Year | older | $4.99 | 3,060 96% | 92k | $458k (exactly $458,082) | Daniel Linssen |
 | LOVE ETERNAL | $9.99 | 453 96% | 14k | $136k (exactly $135,764) | brlka | |
 | We are Eva | older | $14.99 | 95 96% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Totally Normal Creature |
 | Through the Nightmares | $19.99 | 68 97% | 2.0k | $41k (exactly $40,780) | Sandman Team | |
 | THE CANON OF BALLS | $3.99 | 287 98% | 8.6k | $34k (exactly $34,354) | Helios Monk | |
 | Matter | older | $4.99 | 159 88% | 4.8k | $24k (exactly $23,802) | Uki Uki Lab, Concrete Games |
 | Jumpbound | $12.99 | 50 94% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,485) | Another Round Entertainment | |
 | Gravity Castle | $14.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Studio LEF | |
 | PizzaBoy | $9.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,884) | Breadless | |
 | NBB.EXE | $19.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Raptus Games | |
 | Memori | · EA | $14.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | PracticalNPC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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