Games › Puzzle Platformer › Puzzle Platformer + Ninja
Should I ship a Ninja Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Ninja
Only 8 developers shipped a Ninja 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, Ninja Ming, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $810 against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,691) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,682) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Ninja
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
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 91% positive over 4,247 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 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
N++ (NPLUSPLUS) 2016 · $1.3M 
Sumoman 2017 · $195k 
Armed with Wings: Rearmed 2017 · $122k 
10 Second Ninja X 2016 · $92k 
Ninja Ming 2025 · $18k | 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. |
| | Sumoman | older | $11.99 | 542 79% | 16k | $195k (exactly $194,957) | Tequilabyte Studio |
| | Armed with Wings: Rearmed | older | $9.99 | 406 87% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,678) | Sun-Studios |
| | 10 Second Ninja X | older | $9.99 | 306 84% | 9.2k | $92k (exactly $91,708) | Four Circle Interactive |
| | Ninja Ming | $9.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | 1 Poss Studio | |
 | Atomic Owl | $12.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $12k (exactly $11,691) | Monster Theater | |
 | Knife To Meet You | older | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Mate Magyar |
 | Cyjin: The Cyborg Ninja | older | $9.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Aiya Games |
 | Super Ninja Miner | older | $4.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | SilenGames |
 | Perfect Ninja Painter | older | $4.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | SilenGames |
 | Kimono Cats | $8.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | HumaNature Studios | |
 | Ninja Ming: Wu | $1.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $2.9k (exactly $2,866) | 1 Poss Studio | |
 | Last Shinobi | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Dark Tomato Studio | |
 | Sengoku Logic - Kumamoto Castle | $6.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | acdea computer | |
 | The Legend of URE | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | James H. Van der Meulen | |
 | Stranded at Sea | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James G… (Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James Goodwin) | |
 | Ninja: ShadowBlade | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sumit Katekar |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.