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Should I ship a Party Game Parkour game?

Parkour + Party Game

Of 51 developers who shipped a Party Game Parkour game 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.. 73 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $59k, ×94 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 73 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 55% on the market, 73 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Party Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 51
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $411k → $1.2k → $4.3k → $0 → $483 (still earning) → $449 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Party Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 51
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $3.1k (exactly $3,144)
Top 5% $59k (exactly $59,345)
Developers, 2 yr 51
Released games 84
Announced 73
Effort 6 / 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 down 55% on the market, supply 310% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 19%, 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.

Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Party Game
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Parkour, Party Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Physics, Online Co-Op, Action
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,832 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 $480, 1 in 4 over $3.1k, 1 in 20 over $59k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 73 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Walking SimulatorFair38 devs · median $719 · 32 announced
  2. + Combat RacingFair26 devs · median $719 · 23 announced
  3. + Precision PlatformerLong shot310 devs · median $359 · 293 announced
  4. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds8 devs · median $80k · 40 announced
  5. + SkateboardingPoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 20 announced
  6. + SwordplayPoor odds9 devs · median $4.2k · 33 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.4k · 72 announced
  8. + Dark FantasyPoor odds24 devs · median $3.4k · 37 announced
  9. + ModernPoor odds10 devs · median $3.1k · 24 announced
  10. + CatsPoor odds15 devs · median $3.1k · 18 announced
  11. + DestructionPoor odds10 devs · median $2.9k · 27 announced
  12. + StealthPoor odds26 devs · median $2.7k · 77 announced

All 109 pairs on the Parkour page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M Climber Animals: Together 2024 · $720k SOS OPS! 2023 · $599k Topple Tactics 2023 · $411k Crumble 2020 · $306k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Ultimate Chicken Horse older $14.99 41,060 95% 1.2M $18M (exactly $18,464,682) Clever Endeavour Games
Climber Animals: Together older $3.99 6,014 73% 180k $720k (exactly $719,876) Devotion Interactive
SOS OPS! older $4.99 4,000 83% 120k $599k (exactly $598,800) ArtDock
Topple Tactics older $9.99 1,370 88% 41k $411k (exactly $410,589) Braian Strak
Crumble older $14.99 681 89% 20k $306k (exactly $306,246) BRUTE FORCE
Beetleball $7.99 354 93% 11k $85k (exactly $84,854) Bugfight Studio
Frog Sqwad 🐸 $7.99 352 72% 11k $84k (exactly $84,374) Panic Stations
Rosalie · EA $6.99 283 92% 8.5k $59k (exactly $59,345) Articho Games
Knock'Em Out $7.99 239 85% 7.2k $57k (exactly $57,288) BBear Studio
Slip & Skid $12.99 141 97% 4.2k $55k (exactly $54,948) NHOGS Interactive
Jumping Jazz Cats $8.99 148 74% 4.4k $40k (exactly $39,916) Le Catnip Collective
Unicycle Together $4.99 194 89% 5.8k $29k (exactly $29,042) Eneskp, Yusuf Demirhan
WHAT THE PAK?! · EA $5.99 51 72% 1.5k $9.2k (exactly $9,165) Wendigo Games, Broken Lyre Entertainment
Drive Together $4.49 40 60% 1.2k $5.4k (exactly $5,388) Otakumi Games
Stick Scholars $4.99 30 90% 900 $4.5k (exactly $4,491) JaDropping Games

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