Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Platformer Tactical game?

Tactical + Platformer

Of 49 developers who shipped a Platformer Tactical 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.. 65 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 24 developers shipped in the last year and 65 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 570% on the market, 65 announced, ×2.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Tactical + Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 49
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $180 → $150 → $2.7k → $119 → $269 → $0 → $483 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Tactical + Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 49
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $179 (exactly $179)
Top 25% $748 (exactly $748)
Top 5% $5.1k (exactly $5,095)
Developers, 2 yr 49
Released games 183
Announced 65
Effort 6 / 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 570% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 22%, 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.

Tactical
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 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
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Tactical, Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 2D Platformer, Action, Adventure
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 76% positive over 189 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $180, 1 in 4 over $740, 1 in 20 over $5.0k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds12 devs · median $5.8k · 8 announced
  2. + Mystery DungeonStrong odds20 devs · median $2.5k · 15 announced
  3. + Dating SimFair13 devs · median $11k · 9 announced
  4. + 6DOFFair14 devs · median $2.4k · 19 announced
  5. + Word GameFair23 devs · median $1.8k · 12 announced
  6. + TypingFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 9 announced
  7. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $1.0k · 10 announced
  8. + Traditional RoguelikeFair38 devs · median $987 · 57 announced
  9. + Dynamic NarrationFair13 devs · median $899 · 16 announced
  10. + Farming SimFair12 devs · median $897 · 10 announced
  11. + SolitaireFair25 devs · median $479 · 22 announced
  12. + LGBTQ+Fair20 devs · median $479 · 21 announced

All 226 pairs on the Tactical page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Knock-knock 2013 · $481k Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k Only Up ! 2024 · $45k Parkour Tag 2022 · $41k Magic Trap 2024 · $34k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Knock-knock older $9.99 1,604 88% 48k $481k (exactly $480,719) Ice-Pick Lodge
Backrooms Cats and Lava older $29.99 105 79% 3.2k $94k (exactly $94,468) Galactic Geckon
Only Up ! older $6.99 216 26% 6.5k $45k (exactly $45,295) WGI GAMING
Parkour Tag older $7.99 170 87% 5.1k $41k (exactly $40,749) Loopnova Studio
Magic Trap older $49.99 23 86% 690 $34k (exactly $34,493) Gamesforgames
Recon Control older $9.99 96 79% 2.9k $29k (exactly $28,771) Dmitry Kozlov
Boom Slingers · EA older $6.99 121 91% 3.6k $25k (exactly $25,374) Boom Corp
Shadow Brawlers older $14.99 49 93% 1.5k $22k (exactly $22,035) Team Guazú
Alien Hallway older $4.99 122 72% 3.7k $18k (exactly $18,263) Sigma Team Inc.
F*ck the HELL out older $4.99 95 86% 2.9k $14k (exactly $14,222) Galactic Geckon
SPEEDSHOT $14.99 27 100% 810 $12k (exactly $12,142) karmacode
Break The Chain · EA $4.99 63 39% 1.9k $9.4k (exactly $9,431) Devlo Games
The Armed Shadow $9.99 17 94% 510 $5.1k (exactly $5,095) Gamesforgames
Fruits Vs Veggies $6.99 13 100% 390 $2.7k (exactly $2,726) Ishbull Studios
Doggy Up! $3.99 20 90% 600 $2.4k (exactly $2,394) Feas
Bravest Chicken $4.99 14 100% 420 $2.1k (exactly $2,096) Frajda Games
RAD: Repeat After Death $12.99 5 100% 150 $1.9k (exactly $1,948) Exploding Soes
Cybertrash STATYX $4.99 12 91% 360 $1.8k (exactly $1,796) Uncle Frost Team
Only Up 3 $4.99 8 62% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) WGI GAMING
Getting Stronger $3.99 10 100% 300 $1.2k (exactly $1,197) Jestercraft

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