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Should I ship a Time Attack Parkour game?

Parkour + Time Attack

Of 21 developers who shipped a Time 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.. 33 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper, while revenue is up 107400% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 107400% on the market, 33 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour + Time Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 21
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $6.2k → $535 → $0 → $180 → $719 → $3.0k (still earning) → $599 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour + Time Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 21
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $2.3k (exactly $2,317)
Top 5% $20k (exactly $19,767)
Developers, 2 yr 21
Released games 66
Announced 33
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, 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
Time Attack
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, Time Attack; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, 3D Platformer, Action
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 417 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $300, 1 in 4 over $2.3k, 1 in 20 over $19k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

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™ 2009 · $19M Severed Steel 2021 · $6.7M Hot Lava 2019 · $3.2M Cyber Hook 2020 · $1.4M Dustforce DX 2012 · $364k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Mirror's Edge™ older $19.99 31,195 87% 936k $19M (exactly $18,707,642) DICE
Severed Steel older $24.99 8,880 95% 266k $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) Greylock Studio
Hot Lava older $19.99 5,335 92% 160k $3.2M (exactly $3,199,399) Klei Entertainment
Cyber Hook older $14.99 3,102 95% 93k $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) Blazing Stick
Dustforce DX older $9.99 1,214 93% 36k $364k (exactly $363,836) Hitbox Team
The King's Bird older $19.99 350 73% 11k $210k (exactly $209,895) Serenity Forge
Hoverflow $14.99 150 93% 4.5k $67k (exactly $67,455) Simon In Motion
Rifter older $11.99 97 92% 2.9k $35k (exactly $34,891) MaxBytes
Glyph☀️ older $9.99 106 92% 3.2k $32k (exactly $31,768) Bolverk Games
Celaria older $7.99 131 88% 3.9k $31k (exactly $31,401) Lewa
Ballest of Them All · EA $5.99 110 97% 3.3k $20k (exactly $19,767) Low5ive, Action Jackson
Raccoon Roller $14.99 16 100% 480 $7.2k (exactly $7,195) Ribcat Games
Ticking Together $4.99 37 97% 1.1k $5.5k (exactly $5,539) Furkan Baytak, Furkan Özkaya
The Confinement $9.99 10 100% 300 $3.0k (exactly $2,997) Mr. Dev Studio
Tiny $0.99 78 83% 2.3k $2.3k (exactly $2,317) Just Indie
RollBot $7.99 3 100% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Tsukoni
Run Pro $2.99 7 71% 210 $628 (exactly $628) Begma
HAMISH $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Soulo Games Ltd
Frog & Roll $4.99 4 50% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Drunk Frog Studio

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