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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Ninja Precision Platformer?

Precision Platformer + Ninja

Only 8 developers shipped a Ninja 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, Ninja Ming, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×8.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 26 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 26 announced, ×8.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Precision Platformer + Ninja
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 8
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.9k → $2.7k → $3.1k → $5.4k → $0
Outcomes for Precision Platformer + Ninja: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 8
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $0 (exactly $0)
Top 25% $12k (exactly $11,691)
Top 5% $18k (exactly $17,682)
Developers, 2 yr 8
Released games 60
Announced 26
Effort 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Ninja
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Precision Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,952 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $0, 1 in 4 over $11k, 1 in 20 over $17k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + DemonsFair15 devs · median $2.4k · 21 announced
  2. + FPSFair37 devs · median $1.6k · 38 announced
  3. + GothicFair15 devs · median $1.4k · 17 announced
  4. + HorrorFair68 devs · median $1.0k · 69 announced
  5. + Character CustomizationFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  6. + Perma DeathFair46 devs · median $719 · 31 announced
  7. + IdlerFair12 devs · median $657 · 6 announced
  8. + Action RoguelikeFair36 devs · median $629 · 38 announced
  9. + Time ManipulationFair22 devs · median $598 · 20 announced
  10. + SandboxFair30 devs · median $537 · 21 announced
  11. + Procedural GenerationFair49 devs · median $449 · 42 announced
  12. + RPGFair41 devs · median $449 · 43 announced

All 123 pairs on the Precision Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

N++ (NPLUSPLUS) 2016 · $1.3M 10 Second Ninja X 2016 · $92k Master Spy 2015 · $83k Zool Redimensioned 2021 · $52k Pro Gymnast Simulator 2020 · $47k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
N++ (NPLUSPLUS) older $14.99 2,825 95% 85k $1.3M (exactly $1,270,402) Metanet Software Inc.
10 Second Ninja X older $9.99 306 84% 9.2k $92k (exactly $91,708) Four Circle Interactive
Master Spy older $9.99 278 77% 8.3k $83k (exactly $83,317) TURBOGUN
Zool Redimensioned older $9.99 173 95% 5.2k $52k (exactly $51,848) Sumo Digital Academy
Pro Gymnast Simulator older $14.99 105 92% 3.2k $47k (exactly $47,218) Walaber Entertainment LLC
Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath older $19.99 35 62% 1.1k $21k (exactly $20,990) Infinity Experience
Ninja Ming $9.99 59 94% 1.8k $18k (exactly $17,682) 1 Poss Studio
The Narrator Is a DICK older $4.99 107 76% 3.2k $16k (exactly $16,018) Adam DeLease
Mute Crimson DX older $14.99 34 100% 1.0k $15k (exactly $15,290) Iced Lizard Games
Atomic Owl $12.99 30 90% 900 $12k (exactly $11,691) Monster Theater
Pixel Shinobi $7.49 6 100% 180 $1.3k (exactly $1,348) LevelUpStudios, Lichanos
The Legend of URE $4.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) James H. Van der Meulen
Ninja $4.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Taranau Aliaksei
Stranded at Sea $3.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James G… (Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James Goodwin)
Shininja $0.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Synith Games
ScapeTime $3.00 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) HOBRER

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.