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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Platformer Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Platformer

Of 34 developers who shipped a Platformer Resource Management 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.. 59 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 59 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 59 announced, ×3.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 34
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.7k → $239 → $2.3k → $479 → $419 (still earning) → $4.3k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 34
Bottom 30% $210 (exactly $210)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $4.3k (exactly $4,341)
Top 5% $11k (exactly $10,793)
Developers, 2 yr 34
Released games 78
Announced 59
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.99

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 20% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Resource Management, Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Collectathon
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 98% positive over 17,035 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $210, median $480, 1 in 4 over $4.3k, 1 in 20 over $10k.

3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + HorsesFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 18 announced
  12. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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The Final Station older $14.99 6,739 88% 202k $3.0M (exactly $3,030,528) DO MY BEST
Shelldiver $4.99 16,806 98% 504k $2.5M (exactly $2,515,858) Gagonfe
Regions Of Ruin older $11.99 1,972 84% 59k $709k (exactly $709,328) Gameclaw Studio
StrikeForce Kitty older $9.99 1,002 89% 30k $300k (exactly $300,299) Creepy Brothers
Glittermitten Grove older $9.99 395 82% 12k $118k (exactly $118,382) Mostly Tigerproof
Residual older $19.99 24 66% 720 $14k (exactly $14,393) Orangepixel
Tempest Tower $14.99 24 83% 720 $11k (exactly $10,793) Half Past Yellow
Starlair $19.99 17 58% 510 $10k (exactly $10,195) Shooty Bazooky
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Cat Clean Ocean $7.99 30 70% 900 $7.2k (exactly $7,191) AGE Zero
GULLET $6.99 33 84% 990 $6.9k (exactly $6,920) Joshua Allin
DigWorld $4.99 43 81% 1.3k $6.4k (exactly $6,437) Edgar IX
Enigmatic Worlds $11.99 17 88% 510 $6.1k (exactly $6,115) Logic Obscure Productions
MINERALS: Deep Core Mining $6.99 23 78% 690 $4.8k (exactly $4,823) THINK & FEEL
Spell Knight: Abyss Cleaver $4.99 29 86% 870 $4.3k (exactly $4,341) Golden Pick Games
DiDiDiG $8.99 13 100% 390 $3.5k (exactly $3,506) ISIT Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.