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Should I ship a Nature Runner?
Runner + Nature
Of 54 developers who shipped a Nature Runner 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.. 63 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 31 developers shipped in the last year and 63 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 5% | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 54 |
| Released games | 173 |
| Announced | 63 |
| 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 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Runner; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 531 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 63 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Runner with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + FPSLong shot
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + MusicPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Interactive FictionPoor odds
Comparable games
Eggo 2026 · $56k 
Duck Life: Retro Pack 2020 · $43k 
Fresh Tracks 2025 · $40k 
Kao the Kangaroo (2000 re-release) 2023 · $24k 
Catch a Duck 2019 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Eggo | $5.99 | 310 83% | 9.3k | $56k (exactly $55,707) | 天赋一饼 Meme Crepe | |
| | Duck Life: Retro Pack | older | $5.99 | 242 83% | 7.3k | $43k (exactly $43,487) | Wix Games |
| | Fresh Tracks | $24.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $40k (exactly $39,734) | Buffalo Buffalo | |
| | Kao the Kangaroo (2000 re-release) | older | $1.99 | 397 73% | 12k | $24k (exactly $23,701) | Tate Multimedia |
| | Catch a Duck | older | $4.99 | 83 80% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Sleepwalking Potatoes |
 | Fox Simulator | · EA older | $7.99 | 38 65% | 1.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) | Meng Games |
 | Quack Quack Up | $7.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | 顽核社 FuncoreClub | |
 | RUN! GRANDPA! RUN! | older | $4.99 | 56 83% | 1.7k | $8.4k (exactly $8,383) | Egutidze |
 | MeteoHeroes | older | $19.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Gammera Nest |
 | Venture's Gauntlet: The Ultimate VR Fitness Obstacle Course | older | $9.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Bearhammer Games LTD |
 | Bananitro | $3.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $5.6k (exactly $5,626) | Inventario | |
 | Inflafrog: Collector's Edition | $4.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Nice Cream | |
 | Garden Hunt | $3.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | CREA CLAN, カミエナ / KamiEna | |
 | Condemned to Clean | $5.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | KOMA | |
 | 极限求生 Survival X | $10.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) | 魔术猫 | |
 | Animal Run Relay | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | youdoyou.motto | |
 | ころコロ | $8.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | ReplyData |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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