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Should I ship a Psychological Parkour game?
Parkour + Psychological
Only 13 developers shipped a Psychological Parkour game 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, TEAM PANIC, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $9.9k (exactly $9,935) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 30% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Psychological
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, 3D Platformer, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 180 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Combat RacingFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
GwenBlade 2023 · $16k 
Plank not included 2017 · $15k 
TEAM PANIC 2026 · $9.9k 
Dystopian Pet Simulator 2026 · EA · $8.8k 
Psychopath Massacre 2024 · $8.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GwenBlade | older | $9.99 | 54 75% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | ArcWillow |
| | Plank not included | older | $11.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,107) | 4 Fun Studio |
| | TEAM PANIC | $3.99 | 83 62% | 2.5k | $9.9k (exactly $9,935) | Furko | |
| | Dystopian Pet Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | dinca.team |
| | Psychopath Massacre | older | $3.75 | 71 67% | 2.1k | $8.0k (exactly $7,988) | Tarba Paul Cornel |
 | Malevolent Madness | $9.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | NEBULA NOVA GAMES | |
 | Running Girl | older | $9.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | TonAme |
 | Skyward Dream | older | $5.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | KEFROST MANUFACTURE |
 | Joy Climb | older | $2.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | SpeedLittleFox |
 | Sublimity | · EA older | $3.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | DLLusion |
 | LightQb | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | RobDoesStuff | |
 | Mind Palace | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | fatderda | |
 | Urbex Nigthmare | $2.00 | 8 62% | 240 | $480 (exactly $480) | Dominique Gervais | |
 | But Why Penguin? | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | UPI Games | |
 | ONLYUP SNOW | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Gever Games | |
 | Omega | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Innombrable | |
 | Hexahedral | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Limas Apenas |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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