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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Procedural Generation Precision Platformer?

Procedural Generation + Precision Platformer

Of 49 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation Precision 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.. 42 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 42 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 115% on the market, 42 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Procedural Generation + Precision 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: $419 → $1.6k → $718 → $449 → $748 → $1.2k → $390 (still earning) → $315 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Procedural Generation + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 49
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $1.7k (exactly $1,704)
Top 5% $24k (exactly $23,834)
Developers, 2 yr 49
Released games 145
Announced 42
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 115% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, 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.

Procedural Generation
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Precision 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
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Procedural Generation, Precision Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Arcade
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 98% positive over 13,672 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $450, 1 in 4 over $1.7k, 1 in 20 over $23k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 32 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + SnowFair11 devs · median $3.0k · 16 announced
  2. + Traditional RoguelikeFair71 devs · median $2.0k · 93 announced
  3. + DetectiveFair29 devs · median $1.5k · 30 announced
  4. + Word GameFair22 devs · median $1.3k · 23 announced
  5. + TypingFair26 devs · median $1.1k · 11 announced
  6. + IdlerFair98 devs · median $807 · 107 announced
  7. + LogicFair137 devs · median $478 · 149 announced
  8. + Walking SimulatorFair57 devs · median $449 · 62 announced
  9. + Hidden ObjectFair58 devs · median $418 · 56 announced
  10. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds31 devs · median $77k · 95 announced
  11. + TrainsPoor odds22 devs · median $30k · 35 announced
  12. + SailingPoor odds10 devs · median $27k · 40 announced

All 222 pairs on the Procedural Generation page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024 · $18M White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends 2019 · $1.2M Downwell 2015 · $708k OlliOlli World 2022 · $539k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
BlazBlue Entropy Effect older $19.99 30,410 94% 912k $18M (exactly $18,236,877) 91Act
White Knuckle · EA $16.99 13,356 98% 401k $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) Dark Machine Games
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends older $6.99 5,586 85% 168k $1.2M (exactly $1,171,384) Superku
Downwell older $2.99 7,891 96% 237k $708k (exactly $707,823) Moppin
OlliOlli World older $19.99 898 93% 27k $539k (exactly $538,531) Roll7
Spirits Abyss older $8.99 414 96% 12k $112k (exactly $111,656) caiys
Beyond Gravity older $1.99 789 88% 24k $47k (exactly $47,103) Qwiboo Ltd
RUN: The world in-between older $9.99 150 92% 4.5k $45k (exactly $44,955) Team RUN
We are Eva older $14.99 95 96% 2.9k $43k (exactly $42,722) Totally Normal Creature
This Is No Cave $6.99 127 96% 3.8k $27k (exactly $26,632) monome.studio
The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest $14.99 53 88% 1.6k $24k (exactly $23,834) Elden Pixels
Treasure Hunters: Raid Together $9.99 58 84% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,383) Biax
Pit Panic $14.99 16 100% 480 $7.2k (exactly $7,195) Flying Rat Studio
Eldritch Climb: A Cursed Ascent · EA $12.99 12 100% 360 $4.7k (exactly $4,676) Covert Wonders
Mask Around $7.99 17 94% 510 $4.1k (exactly $4,075) Rouli
Marble Champions $14.99 9 66% 270 $4.0k (exactly $4,047) Luc Versleijen, Neonchimp Games
Conquistador · EA $14.99 6 100% 180 $2.7k (exactly $2,698) bubby
Swamp Up $4.99 18 100% 540 $2.7k (exactly $2,695) Torress Studios

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