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Should I ship a Noir Runner?
Runner + Noir
Only 7 developers shipped a Noir Runner 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, Misty Onsen, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
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. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $4.4k (exactly $4,410) |
| Top 5% | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.00 |
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 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Price point
- $4.00 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Runner with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MusicPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Interactive FictionPoor odds
Comparable games
Race The Sun 2013 · $592k 
Misty Onsen 2025 · $5.8k 
北城捷運糾察隊(Northern City Metro Patrol) 2025 · $4.4k 
Targeted –10 Days 2024 · $3.6k 
Hirilun 2022 · $2.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Race The Sun | older | $9.99 | 1,974 93% | 59k | $592k (exactly $591,608) | Flippfly LLC |
| | Misty Onsen | $5.99 | 32 56% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | 神 SHEN | |
| | 北城捷運糾察隊(Northern City Metro Patrol) | $3.00 | 49 83% | 1.5k | $4.4k (exactly $4,410) | HoneyJamStudio | |
| | Targeted –10 Days | older | $4.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Glitchy Frame Studio |
| | Hirilun | older | $9.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Gone Mad Studios |
 | GUN.DOG.REVENGE | $4.00 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,160) | MEWSTURBO | |
 | Boring in paradise | older | $34.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $2.1k (exactly $2,099) | Timofei Usikov |
 | HYPERJUSTICE | older | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Jackson Clayton, Andy Sharpe, Liam A'He… (Jackson Clayton, Andy Sharpe, Liam A'Hearn, Zane Kidwell) |
 | Rogues Adventure | older | $4.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | SammyLand |
 | Roll me Home | older | $1.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) | PUMPKIM |
 | The Night of Escape | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LiTang | |
 | ノースウェステリアの子供 | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ituki Ebina | |
 | The Doppel | $2.49 | 2 100% | 60 | $149 (exactly $149) | Nerdrinkers | |
 | Waste Runner: Critical Waste | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Black Scarab Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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