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Should I ship a Score Attack Parkour game?
Parkour + Score Attack
Of 61 developers who shipped a Score Attack 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.. 103 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×183 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 103 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,528) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,085) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 61 |
| Released games | 193 |
| Announced | 103 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Score Attack
- 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, Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 3D Platformer, Arcade
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 15,991 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 35 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 103 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
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- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
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Superflight 2017 · $991k 
CICADAMATA" 2026 · $425k 
Dustforce DX 2012 · $364k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | older | $39.99 | 12,645 98% | 379k | $15M (exactly $15,170,206) | Team Reptile |
| | White Knuckle | · EA | $16.99 | 13,356 98% | 401k | $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) | Dark Machine Games |
| | Superflight | older | $2.99 | 11,047 96% | 331k | $991k (exactly $990,916) | GrizzlyGames |
| | CICADAMATA" | $9.99 | 1,419 96% | 43k | $425k (exactly $425,274) | ✿ flowergarden | |
| | Dustforce DX | older | $9.99 | 1,214 93% | 36k | $364k (exactly $363,836) | Hitbox Team |
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 | Parcel Corps | $7.99 | 116 62% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $27,805) | Billy Goat Entertainment Ltd | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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