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Parkour + Space
Of 30 developers who shipped a Space 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.. 34 more are announced, ×2.3 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. 15 developers shipped in the last year and 34 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $273k (exactly $272,609) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 97 |
| Announced | 34 |
| 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 50% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 25%, 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 12,822 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. Nearly all of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 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
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ 2023 · $168M 
Star Wars Outlaws 2024 · $26M 
Aphelion 2026 · $273k 
LEAP 2023 · $98k 
Impulsion 2018 · $61k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ | older | $69.99 | 79,990 71% | 2.4M | $168M (exactly $167,955,003) | Respawn |
| | Star Wars Outlaws | $69.99 | 12,268 71% | 368k | $26M (exactly $25,759,120) | Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio | |
| | Aphelion | $29.99 | 303 63% | 9.1k | $273k (exactly $272,609) | DON'T NOD | |
| | LEAP | older | $14.99 | 219 52% | 6.6k | $98k (exactly $98,484) | Blue Isle Studios |
| | Impulsion | older | $12.99 | 157 87% | 4.7k | $61k (exactly $61,183) | Driving Force Games |
 | This Is No Cave | $6.99 | 127 96% | 3.8k | $27k (exactly $26,632) | monome.studio | |
 | Infinity Runner | older | $6.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $20k (exactly $19,502) | Wales Interactive |
 | STRAYLIGHT | older | $19.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Dr BLOC |
 | SINGULARIUM | older | $9.99 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | NivMiz |
 | Flippin Misfits | older | $4.99 | 61 59% | 1.8k | $9.1k (exactly $9,132) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. |
 | Dubio | $4.99 | 56 94% | 1.7k | $8.4k (exactly $8,383) | AJ Kolenc, Richard Boeser | |
 | World of Unlit | $9.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | MaxyDev | |
 | Delivery Up Together | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Artem Breineng | |
 | LSD: Dream Emulator Retro | $2.99 | 25 36% | 750 | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) | Eternity Dev | |
 | Xenogen | $7.49 | 4 100% | 120 | $899 (exactly $899) | Sylph | |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
 | Pluto Lost Its Colors | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Bile Beans For Biliousness |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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