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Should I ship a Time Management Parkour game?
Parkour + Time Management
Only 15 developers shipped a Time Management 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, Sunset Summit, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $30 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Time Management
- 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, Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 3D Platformer, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 9 games average 88% positive over 109 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 18 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Parkour with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CatsPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
Comparable games
Scamper 2023 · $52k 
Stop Dead 2023 · EA · $36k 
BeachRun 2022 · $8.2k 
Sunset Summit 2026 · $7.9k 
Sandloop 2026 · $7.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Scamper | older | $19.99 | 87 87% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Bezbro Games |
| | Stop Dead | · EA older | $14.99 | 79 94% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | Gridsnap Games LLC |
| | BeachRun | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
| | Sunset Summit | $4.99 | 53 81% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Joe Fender, Andrew Fender | |
| | Sandloop | $12.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | Yoku Games | |
 | Hell Runner | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Moonlight Studio | |
 | SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON's Favorite Puzzle Game | older | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Eric Laflamme |
 | 10 Seconds to Win! | older | $0.99 | 138 94% | 4.1k | $4.1k (exactly $4,099) | Vergiu |
 | Déjà Drift | · EA older | $4.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | BAR Interactive |
 | Rage Quit | · EA older | $1.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,149) | Ionborn Entertainment |
 | Cow | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ZDEsy | |
 | Pump to Escape | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | TwinForge Games | |
 | Hooked On Speed | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Stonehill Games | |
 | Loop of Agony | $3.50 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Kaos Games | |
 | ParkTour | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Federico Garcia | |
 | Fiestag | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Fiestag Games | |
 | Cubi: Mystery of the unsolved | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Subok |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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