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Should I ship a Split Screen Parkour game?
Parkour + Split Screen
Only 12 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, Slip & Skid, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $54,948) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 145% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Parkour, Split Screen
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 284 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M 
Human Fall Flat 2016 · $105M 
Ben and Ed - Blood Party 2018 · $1.0M 
Amazing Frog? 2 2022 · EA · $435k 
Crumble 2020 · $306k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | older | $59.99 | 157,694 88% | 4.7M | $284M (exactly $283,801,892) | Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | Human Fall Flat | older | $19.99 | 174,835 94% | 5.2M | $105M (exactly $104,848,549) | No Brakes Games |
| | Ben and Ed - Blood Party | older | $14.99 | 2,297 88% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,032,961) | Sluggerfly |
| | Amazing Frog? 2 | · EA older | $19.99 | 726 77% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Fayju |
| | Crumble | older | $14.99 | 681 89% | 20k | $306k (exactly $306,246) | BRUTE FORCE |
 | FOTONICA | older | $14.99 | 649 87% | 19k | $292k (exactly $291,855) | Santa Ragione |
 | Turbo Sliders Unlimited | older | $14.99 | 125 88% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Antti Mannisto |
 | Slip & Skid | $12.99 | 141 97% | 4.2k | $55k (exactly $54,948) | NHOGS Interactive | |
 | Ultimate Godspeed | older | $12.99 | 75 89% | 2.3k | $29k (exactly $29,228) | Ninoko |
 | Lightfield HYPER Edition | older | $14.99 | 33 81% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Lost in the Garden |
 | Don't Pop The Balloon | $4.99 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Emirhan ÇAT, Bedirhan ÇAT | |
 | Pecker | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Fonteinsoft UG | |
 | 4 Rush Together | $4.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Honglizi | |
 | Little Toys | $5.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | YLRG Entertainment | |
 | RaceWorms | $5.49 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Team Zandt | |
 | RAGDOLL UNIVERSE | · EA | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | MageC |
 | GØRKJES - finger food fighting | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Moritz Petzka, Basuramor | |
 | Graffiti Rush | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Outlaw Games | |
 | Racing: Storm Chase | $1.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | ChenZepeng |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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