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Should I ship a Mystery Dungeon Puzzle Platformer?
Mystery Dungeon + Puzzle Platformer
Of 31 developers who shipped a Mystery Dungeon 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.. 39 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 39 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 5% | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 112 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 480% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mystery Dungeon
- 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
- Mystery Dungeon, Puzzle Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 3D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 163 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mystery Dungeon with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGStrong odds
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- + RomanceFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + PhysicsFair
Comparable games
Reventure 2019 · $3.1M 
Hourglass 2021 · $199k 
Dungeons of Dreadrock 2022 · $92k 
Mask of Mists 2020 · $77k 
Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms 2022 · EA · $57k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Reventure | older | $12.34 | 8,451 95% | 254k | $3.1M (exactly $3,128,560) | Pixelatto |
| | Hourglass | older | $19.99 | 331 88% | 9.9k | $199k (exactly $198,501) | Cyberwave |
| | Dungeons of Dreadrock | older | $5.99 | 513 94% | 15k | $92k (exactly $92,186) | Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier |
| | Mask of Mists | older | $14.99 | 171 85% | 5.1k | $77k (exactly $76,899) | 9 Eyes Game Studio |
| | Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms | · EA older | $12.49 | 153 90% | 4.6k | $57k (exactly $57,329) | Corey Jeffries |
 | Forbidden Art | older | $14.99 | 96 91% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $43,171) | AIXLAB |
 | Frame - Portals on Steroids | older | $16.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $17,840) | MechanicsDriven |
 | JustAxe | older | $10.99 | 53 73% | 1.6k | $17k (exactly $17,474) | Supergalactiс Gamedev |
 | The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana | older | $9.99 | 53 92% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,884) | Monolith Graphics, The Hideout |
 | The Strange Story Of Brian Fisher: Chapter 2 | $14.99 | 34 94% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Intetic | |
 | Nightfall Empress | $14.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | SEEP | |
 | UnPlugged | $5.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) | DemonLabs Interactive | |
 | Neon Sunset | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Lightkeeper's Curse | $8.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Shire Brew Studios | |
 | Nexus of Fate | $4.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | theNeko | |
 | ORPHEUS: TO HELL AND BACK | $2.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) | StudioLoading, Kibou Entertainment, Alu… (StudioLoading, Kibou Entertainment, Alunite,Inc.) | |
 | Levitation Simulator 2 | $2.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | OZNA STUDIO | |
 | Locked In | $5.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Gerch Interactive | |
 | Creation of a god: The Eternal Village | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Lost Dreams Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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