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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Runner Parkour game?

Parkour + Runner

Of 179 developers who shipped a Runner 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.. 178 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 89 developers shipped in the last year and 178 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 178 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Runner
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 179
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $657 → $449 → $356 → $239 → $269 → $150 (still earning) → $238 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Runner: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 179
Bottom 30% $59 (exactly $59)
Median $239 (exactly $239)
Top 25% $1.9k (exactly $1,888)
Top 5% $36k (exactly $35,859)
Developers, 2 yr 179
Released games 551
Announced 178
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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 20%, 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
Runner
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, Runner; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 3D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 18,470 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $59, median $240, 1 in 4 over $1.8k, 1 in 20 over $35k.

3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 121 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 178 games are announced against 89 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

Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020 · $8.4M Haste 2025 · $7.6M STRIDE 2022 · $1.2M Soda Crisis 2022 · $961k SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016 · $922k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst older $19.99 14,078 79% 422k $8.4M (exactly $8,442,577) DICE
Haste $19.99 12,690 92% 381k $7.6M (exactly $7,610,193) Landfall
STRIDE older $19.99 1,975 79% 59k $1.2M (exactly $1,184,408) Joy Way
Soda Crisis older $10.99 2,915 93% 87k $961k (exactly $961,076) Team Soda
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
VHOLUME $8.00 2,992 97% 90k $718k (exactly $718,080) Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels… (Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels Tiercelin)
Bloodthief $19.99 1,017 95% 31k $610k (exactly $609,895) Blargis
I wanna be the Creator older $5.99 2,860 94% 86k $514k (exactly $513,942) Aikesi
DeadCore older $9.99 1,584 85% 48k $475k (exactly $474,725) 5 Bits Games
Melody's Escape 2 $14.99 284 95% 8.5k $128k (exactly $127,715) Icetesy
Relooted $14.99 257 87% 7.7k $116k (exactly $115,573) Nyamakop
GuGu Pizza : Delivering Pizza to the Space Station? Boss, this is just not right! $6.99 517 87% 16k $108k (exactly $108,415) AnomalyGuys
Rocket Boots Mania $14.99 229 99% 6.9k $103k (exactly $102,981) Luma Play
Ikarus Parkour $12.99 195 81% 5.9k $76k (exactly $75,992) Vanja Aleksić
Dark Succubus $6.99 171 77% 5.1k $36k (exactly $35,859) ZC Game
JETRUNNER $9.99 118 96% 3.5k $35k (exactly $35,365) Riddlebit Software

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