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Parkour + Science
Only 7 developers shipped a Science 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, Not Sure About That, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,377) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 16,470 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018 · $8.2M 
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator 2023 · EA · $306k 
Boson X 2014 · $199k 
Inertia 2017 · $19k 
Not Sure About That 2025 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing | older | $19.99 | 13,633 95% | 409k | $8.2M (exactly $8,175,710) | LuGus Studios |
| | The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 681 91% | 20k | $306k (exactly $306,246) | PeatyTurf |
| | Boson X | older | $4.99 | 1,327 93% | 40k | $199k (exactly $198,652) | Ian MacLarty, Jon Kerney |
| | Inertia | older | $0.99 | 656 82% | 20k | $19k (exactly $19,483) | Loneminded |
| | Not Sure About That | $4.99 | 76 98% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,377) | Scratch | |
 | Area 86 | older | $9.99 | 23 73% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | SimDevs |
 | DVR Simulator | older | $14.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Demonixis Games |
 | Vectromirror™ | older | $7.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | The Vectromirror Initiative |
 | Malevolent Madness | $9.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | NEBULA NOVA GAMES | |
 | SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON's Favorite Puzzle Game | older | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Eric Laflamme |
 | Cubin | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Limsod Games | |
 | Cubin II | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Limsod Games | |
 | Gooey | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Turbo Pixel | |
 | Crop Crusaders | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Hobgoblin Games | |
 | Gallium | · EA | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Overseeing Industries |
 | Axiomatik | $17.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | J&J |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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