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Should I ship a Pirate Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Pirates
Only 7 developers shipped a Pirate Precision Platformer 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, Roxy Raccoon 3: Troubles in Time, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 up 140% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Pirates
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 149 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 3 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Pixel Pirate 2022 · $10k 
Neko Ghost, Jump! 2022 · EA · $8.4k 
Be a Pirate 2020 · $5.4k 
Corsair`s Madness 2024 · $5.1k 
Cloud Escape 2021 · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pixel Pirate | older | $24.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $10k (exactly $10,496) | Stas Paty9mkin |
| | Neko Ghost, Jump! | · EA older | $9.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Burgos Games |
| | Be a Pirate | older | $9.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Amfich |
| | Corsair`s Madness | older | $9.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Old Prawn |
| | Cloud Escape | older | $4.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | endeetree |
 | Sea of Brave: Aidan Adventure | older | $11.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | Team Patrick |
 | A Pair of Feathers Squawk Together | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | mewygames |
 | Roxy Raccoon 3: Troubles in Time | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Sinomod Studios | |
 | SAVE BILLY | older | $4.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Beyond Reality |
 | Only Up 3 | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | WGI GAMING | |
 | Pile Up, Pirate! | $2.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Red Ridge Studio | |
 | The Pirate's Casino | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nihat temel, Özgür Arslan | |
 | Captain Sharkbait: Voyage for Treasure | $0.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Dylan Gray | |
 | Blobbymite: Hero Of Power | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | BlobbymiteGames | |
 | Stranded at Sea | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James G… (Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James Goodwin) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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