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Should I ship a Runner Party Game?
Party Game + Runner
Of 38 developers who shipped a Runner 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.. 56 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 30 developers shipped in the last year and 56 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) |
| Top 5% | $51k (exactly $50,949) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 56 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 275% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Runner
- 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, Runner; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 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 87% positive over 1,343 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 30 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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- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
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- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Climber Animals: Together 2024 · $720k 
Panoptic 2020 · $143k 
WASD : The Adventure of Tori 2025 · $87k 
Jelly Bubble 2026 · $51k 
Runbow 2016 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Climber Animals: Together | older | $3.99 | 6,014 73% | 180k | $720k (exactly $719,876) | Devotion Interactive |
| | Panoptic | older | $16.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $143k (exactly $143,226) | Team Panoptes |
| | WASD : The Adventure of Tori | $3.99 | 730 83% | 22k | $87k (exactly $87,381) | EVNA Games | |
| | Jelly Bubble | $9.99 | 170 99% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,949) | BINGOBELL | |
| | Runbow | older | $14.99 | 107 85% | 3.2k | $48k (exactly $48,118) | 13AM Games |
 | NiuMa | $5.99 | 263 91% | 7.9k | $47k (exactly $47,261) | Game Star | |
 | FALL GIRLS | older | $6.99 | 187 49% | 5.6k | $39k (exactly $39,214) | Squid Developer |
 | Bunny Guys! | older | $4.99 | 69 72% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Witte Studio |
 | Quack Quack Up | $7.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | 顽核社 FuncoreClub | |
 | Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu | · EA | $10.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $5.6k (exactly $5,605) | Onion Soup Interactive |
 | Lazy Climbers | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Cool Car Studio | |
 | 4 Rush Together | $4.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Honglizi | |
 | Turbo Balls | $4.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | OneTwoPlay | |
 | Dino-Ducks Dash | $2.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | Duckosaurus Games | |
 | Nitro Turtles | $7.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Lucky Turtle |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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