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Should I ship a Platformer Skateboarding game?
Skateboarding + Platformer
Only 14 developers shipped a Platformer Skateboarding game 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, Toree Saturn, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $61k, ×98 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) |
| Top 5% | $62k (exactly $61,826) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 90% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Skateboarding
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Skateboarding, Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 636 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Skateboarding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + 3D PlatformerPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + ParkourPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + Action-AdventureDead
Comparable games
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends 2019 · $1.2M 
OlliOlli World 2022 · $539k 
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood 2015 · $194k 
OlliOlli 2014 · $164k 
Toree Saturn 2025 · $62k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends | older | $6.99 | 5,586 85% | 168k | $1.2M (exactly $1,171,384) | Superku |
| | OlliOlli World | older | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Roll7 |
| | OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood | older | $14.99 | 431 86% | 13k | $194k (exactly $193,821) | Roll7 |
| | OlliOlli | older | $12.99 | 422 80% | 13k | $164k (exactly $164,453) | Roll7, General Arcade |
| | Toree Saturn | $4.99 | 413 93% | 12k | $62k (exactly $61,826) | Siactro | |
 | STREET UNi X | older | $19.99 | 78 96% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | daffodil & friends |
 | Skator Gator 3D | older | $4.99 | 176 96% | 5.3k | $26k (exactly $26,347) | Weathered Sweater |
 | Hannah’s Day | older | $12.99 | 63 88% | 1.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Watt Studio |
 | RoboSkate | older | $6.99 | 82 89% | 2.5k | $17k (exactly $17,195) | Matas Sakalauskas |
 | Seafrog | $14.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | OhMyMe Games | |
 | Ollie-Oop | $12.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | Almost Playable Games | |
 | Mop Skater | $6.99 | 41 78% | 1.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) | youpiepoopie | |
 | cheapskate | · EA | $4.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Simple Dev Studio |
 | hoptix | $7.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | Cat Burglar Games | |
 | Sonki's Lagoon | · EA | $7.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | CocoDev |
 | good | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | zzox | |
 | Yo Skater | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Sebaski Studios | |
 | Backflip Madness 2 | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Hubert Śliwka |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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