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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Party Game?
Party Game + Puzzle Platformer
Of 44 developers who shipped a Puzzle 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.. 58 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 38 developers shipped in the last year and 58 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,674) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 58 |
| 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 85% on the market, supply 535% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 3D Platformer, Co-op, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 908 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + DrivingPoor odds
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Comparable games
Super Bunny Man 2023 · $4.6M 
PICO PARK 2021 · $3.6M 
Climber Animals: Together 2024 · $720k 
KarmaZoo 2023 · $286k 
Frog Sqwad 🐸 2026 · $84k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Super Bunny Man | older | $14.99 | 10,143 85% | 304k | $4.6M (exactly $4,561,307) | Catobyte |
| | PICO PARK | older | $4.99 | 23,751 91% | 713k | $3.6M (exactly $3,555,525) | TECOPARK |
| | Climber Animals: Together | older | $3.99 | 6,014 73% | 180k | $720k (exactly $719,876) | Devotion Interactive |
| | KarmaZoo | older | $9.99 | 955 88% | 29k | $286k (exactly $286,214) | Pastagames |
| | Frog Sqwad 🐸 | $7.99 | 352 72% | 11k | $84k (exactly $84,374) | Panic Stations | |
 | FALL GIRLS | older | $6.99 | 187 49% | 5.6k | $39k (exactly $39,214) | Squid Developer |
 | Unicycle Together | $4.99 | 194 89% | 5.8k | $29k (exactly $29,042) | Eneskp, Yusuf Demirhan | |
 | Jelly Express | older | $6.99 | 136 80% | 4.1k | $29k (exactly $28,519) | xxgamestudio |
 | Hold Your King | $5.99 | 154 83% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | Next Big Game Studio | |
 | Break The Chain | · EA | $4.99 | 63 39% | 1.9k | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) | Devlo Games |
 | Quack Quack Up | $7.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | 顽核社 FuncoreClub | |
 | All You Need is Help | $14.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Q-Games Ltd. | |
 | Fruit Mountain Party | $12.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | BeXide Inc. | |
 | Lazy Climbers | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Cool Car Studio | |
 | Bottle Cracks | $7.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Alunova Studios | |
 | Guinea Pig Runaway Together | · EA | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | DVS Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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