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Should I ship a War Platformer?
Platformer + War
Only 13 developers shipped a War 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, The Rogue Prince of Persia, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×7.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $630. 30 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,152,982) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 98 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 70% on the market, supply 55% fewer 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
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2.5D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,508 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + 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
Pizza Tower 2023 · $40M 
Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ 2014 · $11M 
Worms W.M.D 2016 · $9.4M 
Sonic Forces 2017 · $8.1M 
The Rogue Prince of Persia 2025 · $2.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pizza Tower | older | $19.99 | 66,350 98% | 2.0M | $40M (exactly $39,790,095) | Tour De Pizza |
| | Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ | older | $14.99 | 24,468 95% | 734k | $11M (exactly $11,003,260) | Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | Worms W.M.D | older | $29.99 | 10,435 85% | 313k | $9.4M (exactly $9,388,370) | Team17 |
| | Sonic Forces | older | $39.99 | 6,742 61% | 202k | $8.1M (exactly $8,088,377) | Sonic Team, Hardlight |
| | The Rogue Prince of Persia | $29.99 | 2,393 89% | 72k | $2.2M (exactly $2,152,982) | Evil Empire | |
 | Blazing Chrome | older | $16.99 | 1,326 89% | 40k | $676k (exactly $675,862) | JoyMasher |
 | Super Meat Boy Forever | older | $4.99 | 1,881 58% | 56k | $282k (exactly $281,586) | Team Meat |
 | Valiant Hearts: Coming Home | older | $14.99 | 529 62% | 16k | $238k (exactly $237,891) | Ubisoft Da Nang, Ubisoft Montpellier |
 | Rise & Shine | older | $9.99 | 453 73% | 14k | $136k (exactly $135,764) | Super Mega Team |
 | GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION | older | $14.99 | 138 91% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $62,059) | ES4 / Eternal Sphere 4 |
 | Princess Pomu and the 5 Moons | $11.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $10k (exactly $10,431) | Pixel Dominus | |
 | The Orc Invasion | $10.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) | ATK Games | |
 | Dark Adelita | $5.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Brain-dead Rabbit Games | |
 | Fastro Dude | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Dangerous line | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | 1989 After the War | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | SEEP | |
 | Hardcore Soldier | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | James H. Van der Meulen | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist | |
 | Escape From Lava | $1.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Muhammet BAYRAKCI |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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