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Should I ship a Supernatural Platformer?
Platformer + Supernatural
Of 57 developers who shipped a Supernatural 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.. 108 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×319 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 108 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $152k (exactly $151,646) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 57 |
| Released games | 160 |
| Announced | 108 |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,448 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 108 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Alice: Madness Returns 2011 · $8.3M 
Creaks 2020 · $3.2M 
Phantom Abyss 2024 · $1.2M 
They Bleed Pixels 2012 · $611k 
The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition 2023 · $589k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Alice: Madness Returns | older | $9.99 | 27,795 90% | 834k | $8.3M (exactly $8,330,162) | Spicy Horse Games |
| | Creaks | older | $19.99 | 5,323 95% | 160k | $3.2M (exactly $3,192,203) | Amanita Design |
| | Phantom Abyss | older | $19.99 | 1,962 81% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,176,611) | Team WIBY |
| | They Bleed Pixels | older | $9.99 | 2,040 84% | 61k | $611k (exactly $611,388) | Spooky Squid Games Inc. |
| | The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition | older | $24.99 | 786 71% | 24k | $589k (exactly $589,264) | Plot Twist |
 | Voidwrought | $19.99 | 936 77% | 28k | $561k (exactly $561,319) | Powersnake | |
 | The Darkest Tales | older | $19.99 | 697 69% | 21k | $418k (exactly $417,991) | Trinity Team |
 | Dreaming Sarah | older | $5.99 | 2,301 92% | 69k | $413k (exactly $413,490) | Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim |
 | Whispering Willows | older | $9.99 | 1,248 81% | 37k | $374k (exactly $374,026) | Night Light Interactive |
 | Mama's Sleeping Angels | $9.99 | 1,040 93% | 31k | $312k (exactly $311,688) | itamu | |
 | Climb The Backrooms | $4.99 | 1,013 81% | 30k | $152k (exactly $151,646) | LovDEV | |
 | THE GOOD OLD DAYS | $19.99 | 60 85% | 1.8k | $36k (exactly $35,982) | ヨコゴシステムズ | |
 | Submerge | · EA | $9.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Neuron Activation |
 | Rose and Locket | $11.99 | 54 92% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Whistling Wizard | |
 | Ascending Inferno | $10.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,134) | Oppolyon Studios | |
 | Horny Haunts | $4.99 | 118 56% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,665) | Naelstrof, Raliv, BigCozyOrca, Eugene | |
 | Platform | $9.99 | 46 73% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | METAGAR | |
 | After School Afterlife | $7.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | Mini Bunnies |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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