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Should I ship a Platformer Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Platformer
Only 17 developers shipped a Platformer Turn-Based Strategy 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, Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $4.6k, ×7.4 the market median. Revenue is up 370% on the market; 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $360 (exactly $360) |
| Top 25% | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 5% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 370% on the market, supply 45% more 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.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Strategy, Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Action
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 100 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WuxiaFair
- + Cold WarFair
- + RomeFair
- + LootFair
- + MiningFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + TanksFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Top-Down ShooterFair
- + SpaceFair
Comparable games
Worms W.M.D 2016 · $9.4M 
Child of Light 2014 · $5.4M 
Worms Armageddon 2013 · $3.5M 
Worldless 2023 · $934k 
The Treehouse Man 2019 · $38k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Worms W.M.D | older | $29.99 | 10,435 85% | 313k | $9.4M (exactly $9,388,370) | Team17 |
| | Child of Light | older | $14.99 | 12,108 91% | 363k | $5.4M (exactly $5,444,968) | Ubisoft Montréal |
| | Worms Armageddon | older | $14.99 | 7,851 94% | 236k | $3.5M (exactly $3,530,595) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| | Worldless | older | $19.99 | 1,558 94% | 47k | $934k (exactly $934,333) | Noname Studios |
| | The Treehouse Man | older | $9.99 | 128 87% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,362) | Hunchback 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 |
 | Another Crusade | older | $19.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dragon Vein Studios |
 | Meet me at NooN | older | $9.99 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames | $3.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | LAN - GAMES LTD | |
 | Wriggle apple | $2.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | WormWorld Studios, Sharkgame | |
 | Wriggle apple 4 | $2.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | WormWorld Studios, Sharkgame | |
 | Paplion | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Spheanix | |
 | Wriggle apple 2 | $2.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | WormWorld Studios, Sharkgame | |
 | GunBlocks | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Steve Welz |
 | Wriggle apple 3 | $2.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | WormWorld Studios | |
 | GØRKJES - finger food fighting | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Moritz Petzka, Basuramor | |
 | Pharaoh's Leap | $0.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Gamesforgames | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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