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Parkour + Puzzle
Of 86 developers who shipped a Puzzle 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.. 145 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 42 developers shipped in the last year and 145 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,476) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 86 |
| Released games | 325 |
| Announced | 145 |
| 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 135% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, Puzzle; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle Platformer, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 2,598 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 61 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 145 games are announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, 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
Rise of the Tomb Raider™ 2016 · $115M 
Human Fall Flat 2016 · $105M 
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection 2022 · $44M 
BONEWORKS 2019 · $31M 
Mirror's Edge™ 2009 · $19M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | older | $29.99 | 127,316 94% | 3.8M | $115M (exactly $114,546,205) | Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral… (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux), Nixxes) |
| | Human Fall Flat | older | $19.99 | 174,835 94% | 5.2M | $105M (exactly $104,848,549) | No Brakes Games |
| | UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection | older | $49.99 | 29,422 90% | 883k | $44M (exactly $44,124,173) | Naughty Dog LLC, Iron Galaxy Studios |
| | BONEWORKS | older | $29.99 | 34,141 92% | 1.0M | $31M (exactly $30,716,658) | Stress Level Zero |
| | Mirror's Edge™ | older | $19.99 | 31,195 87% | 936k | $19M (exactly $18,707,642) | DICE |
 | Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition | older | $29.99 | 16,313 78% | 489k | $15M (exactly $14,676,806) | Gunfire Games, Vigil Games, THQ Nordic |
 | Assassin’s Creed® Rogue | older | $19.99 | 21,310 86% | 639k | $13M (exactly $12,779,607) | Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Kiev |
 | A Story About My Uncle | older | $14.99 | 12,174 92% | 365k | $5.5M (exactly $5,474,648) | Gone North Games |
 | Hello Neighbor 2 | older | $39.99 | 4,361 81% | 131k | $5.2M (exactly $5,231,892) | Eerie Guest, tinyBuild |
 | Deadlight | older | $14.99 | 9,386 78% | 282k | $4.2M (exactly $4,220,884) | Tequila Works, S.L. |
 | Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered | $29.99 | 1,507 89% | 45k | $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) | Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics | |
 | Reach | $29.99 | 244 66% | 7.3k | $220k (exactly $219,527) | nDreams Elevation | |
 | Relooted | $14.99 | 257 87% | 7.7k | $116k (exactly $115,573) | Nyamakop | |
 | Human Fall Flat VR | $12.99 | 128 47% | 3.8k | $50k (exactly $49,882) | No Brakes Games | |
 | Galumb | $7.99 | 148 28% | 4.4k | $35k (exactly $35,476) | OB | |
 | DeadCore Redux | $14.99 | 46 93% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | 5 Bits Games | |
 | Steal The Pig | $4.99 | 74 85% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $11,078) | BAA Games | |
 | Pyramidion | · EA | $4.99 | 71 85% | 2.1k | $11k (exactly $10,629) | TechDevAYDIN |
 | TEAM PANIC | $3.99 | 83 62% | 2.5k | $9.9k (exactly $9,935) | Furko | |
 | Kinetic | $7.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,588) | Lowraiz Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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