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Should I ship a Precision Platformer Party Game?
Party Game + Precision Platformer
Of 41 developers who shipped a Precision Platformer Party 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.. 53 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 35 developers shipped in the last year and 53 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,674) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 70% on the market, supply 485% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game, Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, Co-op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Funny, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 815 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M 
Climber Animals: Together 2024 · $720k 
Head's Adventures:chibichibi 2025 · $80k 
Unicycle Together 2026 · $29k 
Hold Your King 2026 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
| | Climber Animals: Together | older | $3.99 | 6,014 73% | 180k | $720k (exactly $719,876) | Devotion Interactive |
| | Head's Adventures:chibichibi | $7.99 | 334 97% | 10k | $80k (exactly $80,060) | ManaWanderer | |
| | Unicycle Together | $4.99 | 194 89% | 5.8k | $29k (exactly $29,042) | Eneskp, Yusuf Demirhan | |
| | Hold Your King | $5.99 | 154 83% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | Next Big Game Studio | |
 | Bunny Guys! | older | $4.99 | 69 72% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Witte Studio |
 | Block'Em! | older | $6.99 | 43 86% | 1.3k | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) | Cat Shawl Games |
 | Lazy Climbers | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Cool Car Studio | |
 | Ultimate Monkey Race | older | $4.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | CashcowGames |
 | Blagmoz | older | $7.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Frogthulu |
 | Bound To Fail | $5.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | CORNER STACK | |
 | Dino-Ducks Dash | $2.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | Duckosaurus Games | |
 | Buddies in a Ball | $4.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Stoic Software | |
 | Patchkins Party | $3.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | Lavega Games | |
 | Playomoji | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Fleqpe Games | |
 | Boiiing Boiiing | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | SLMB's Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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