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Should I ship a Precision Platformer Parkour game?

Parkour + Precision Platformer

Of 310 developers who shipped a Precision Platformer 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.. 293 more are announced.

Verdict: long shot, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $31k, ×51 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 293 games are announced against 171 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 30% on the market, 293 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 310
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $839 → $839 → $599 → $599 → $599 → $298 → $359 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 310
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $2.3k (exactly $2,317)
Top 5% $32k (exactly $31,987)
Developers, 2 yr 310
Released games 775
Announced 293
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 up 30% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, 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
Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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, Precision Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, 3D Platformer, Action
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.49 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.49 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 96% positive over 19,304 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $360, 1 in 4 over $2.3k, 1 in 20 over $31k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 173 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 293 games are announced against 171 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. + MetroidvaniaPoor odds8 devs · median $80k · 40 announced
  4. + SkateboardingPoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 20 announced
  5. + SwordplayPoor odds9 devs · median $4.2k · 33 announced
  6. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $3.4k · 72 announced
  7. + Dark FantasyPoor odds24 devs · median $3.4k · 37 announced
  8. + ModernPoor odds10 devs · median $3.1k · 24 announced
  9. + CatsPoor odds15 devs · median $3.1k · 18 announced
  10. + DestructionPoor odds10 devs · median $2.9k · 27 announced
  11. + StealthPoor odds26 devs · median $2.7k · 77 announced
  12. + Open WorldPoor odds57 devs · median $2.4k · 106 announced

All 109 pairs on the Parkour page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M Neon White 2022 · $13M White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M Hot Lava 2019 · $3.2M Cyber Hook 2020 · $1.4M
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
Neon White older $24.99 17,259 97% 518k $13M (exactly $12,939,072) Angel Matrix
White Knuckle · EA $16.99 13,356 98% 401k $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) Dark Machine Games
Hot Lava older $19.99 5,335 92% 160k $3.2M (exactly $3,199,399) Klei Entertainment
Cyber Hook older $14.99 3,102 95% 93k $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) Blazing Stick
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered $29.99 1,507 89% 45k $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics
N++ (NPLUSPLUS) older $14.99 2,825 95% 85k $1.3M (exactly $1,270,402) Metanet Software Inc.
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell older $14.99 2,050 95% 62k $922k (exactly $921,885) Pine Studio
Climber Animals: Together older $3.99 6,014 73% 180k $720k (exactly $719,876) Devotion Interactive
I wanna be the Creator older $5.99 2,860 94% 86k $514k (exactly $513,942) Aikesi
CICADAMATA" $9.99 1,419 96% 43k $425k (exactly $425,274) ✿ flowergarden
Paddle Paddle Paddle $4.99 1,584 86% 48k $237k (exactly $237,125) Zoroarts
BAIONLENJA · EA $12.99 510 97% 15k $199k (exactly $198,747) BAION
Rocket Boots Mania $14.99 229 99% 6.9k $103k (exactly $102,981) Luma Play
KilaFlow $19.99 134 97% 4.0k $80k (exactly $80,360) Chao Kompany LLC
Ikarus Parkour $12.99 195 81% 5.9k $76k (exactly $75,992) Vanja Aleksić
Hoverflow $14.99 150 93% 4.5k $67k (exactly $67,455) Simon In Motion
Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game $9.99 220 96% 6.6k $66k (exactly $65,934) DarkBear Studios, iNightGaming LLC

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