Games › Platformer › Platformer + Robots
Should I ship a Robot Platformer?
Platformer + Robots
Of 127 developers who shipped a Robot Platformer 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.. 239 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×316 the market median. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 239 games are announced against 70 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) |
| Top 5% | $199k (exactly $198,747) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 127 |
| Released games | 555 |
| Announced | 239 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 25% 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.
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Pixel Graphics, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 14,231 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 75 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 239 games are announced against 70 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + PinballStrong odds
- + Combat RacingFair
- + FMVFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
Comparable games
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023 · $25M 
Mega Man 11 2018 · $3.9M 
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition 2013 · $3.5M 
SteamWorld Dig 2 2017 · $3.4M 
MOTORSLICE 2026 · $3.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hi-Fi RUSH | older | $29.99 | 27,454 97% | 824k | $25M (exactly $24,700,364) | Tango Gameworks |
| | Mega Man 11 | older | $29.99 | 4,312 89% | 129k | $3.9M (exactly $3,879,506) | CAPCOM CO., LTD. |
| | ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition | older | $19.99 | 5,789 86% | 174k | $3.5M (exactly $3,471,663) | Ninja Theory |
| | SteamWorld Dig 2 | older | $19.99 | 5,700 95% | 171k | $3.4M (exactly $3,418,290) | Image & Form Games |
| | MOTORSLICE | $19.99 | 5,467 85% | 164k | $3.3M (exactly $3,278,560) | Regular Studio | |
 | Haydee | older | $14.99 | 6,226 84% | 187k | $2.8M (exactly $2,799,832) | Haydee Interactive |
 | MIO: Memories in Orbit | $19.99 | 4,300 83% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,578,710) | Douze Dixièmes | |
 | Mega Man X Legacy Collection | older | $19.99 | 4,033 79% | 121k | $2.4M (exactly $2,418,590) | CAPCOM CO., LTD |
 | Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection | older | $29.99 | 2,319 76% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,086,404) | CAPCOM CO., LTD. |
 | Deliver Us Mars | older | $29.99 | 2,271 74% | 68k | $2.0M (exactly $2,043,219) | KeokeN Interactive |
 | Mind Over Magnet | $9.99 | 1,344 89% | 40k | $403k (exactly $402,797) | Game Maker's Toolkit | |
 | Europa | $14.99 | 778 85% | 23k | $350k (exactly $349,867) | Helder Pinto, Chozabu (Alex PB), Novadu… (Helder Pinto, Chozabu (Alex PB), Novadust Entertainment) | |
 | Hypogea | $9.99 | 817 97% | 25k | $245k (exactly $244,855) | Charlie Wagner | |
 | Neon Inferno | $19.99 | 378 92% | 11k | $227k (exactly $226,687) | Zenovia Interactive | |
 | BAIONLENJA | · EA | $12.99 | 510 97% | 15k | $199k (exactly $198,747) | BAION |
 | Advent NEON® | $19.99 | 300 98% | 9.0k | $180k (exactly $179,910) | CryoGX | |
 | Fun with Ragdolls Plus | $19.99 | 191 76% | 5.7k | $115k (exactly $114,543) | Jadon Barnes | |
 | NODE | $24.99 | 146 91% | 4.4k | $109k (exactly $109,456) | Lapsus Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.