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Should I ship a Transhumanist Platformer?
Platformer + Transhumanism
Only 11 developers shipped a Transhumanist Platformer 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, NBB.EXE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $10k, ×23 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $10,795) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Transhumanism
- 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
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 93% positive over 165 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 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.
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- + FMVFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + SkateboardingPoor odds
Comparable games
The Library of Babel 2023 · $35k 
Regular Human Basketball 2018 · $33k 
Super Adventure Hand 2023 · $29k 
Saga of Sins 2023 · $21k 
NBB.EXE 2024 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Library of Babel | older | $18.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $35k (exactly $34,752) | Tanuki Game Studio |
| | Regular Human Basketball | older | $4.99 | 222 93% | 6.7k | $33k (exactly $33,233) | Powerhoof |
| | Super Adventure Hand | older | $12.99 | 75 96% | 2.3k | $29k (exactly $29,228) | Devm Games |
| | Saga of Sins | older | $14.99 | 47 76% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Bonus Level Entertainment |
| | NBB.EXE | $19.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Raptus Games | |
 | KAPITAL PUNISHMENT 22XX | · EA older | $4.99 | 57 94% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Morningstar Game Studio, Dr. Shameless… (Morningstar Game Studio, Dr. Shameless Cat Games) |
 | Vectromirror™ | older | $7.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | The Vectromirror Initiative |
 | Kovoclak | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | lingouf | |
 | Boom Blaster | older | $3.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | BigBread |
 | 黄色猫片 | $0.99 | 100 91% | 3.0k | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) | Basement Games, 86岁按时吃饭 | |
 | Dash'n'Drops | · EA | $6.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Le Moulin aux Bulles |
 | Still Space | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Sofa Interactive | |
 | Void Jump VR | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | LemmoLab | |
 | Leap Of Faith | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Eric Steinberg | |
 | The Path of Life | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | xieyoujune | |
 | Soft(A)ware | $18.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | B0TLANNER Games | |
 | Hand Cannon: Janky Reality | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Suicidal Robot Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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