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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Psychological Horror
Of 158 developers who shipped a Psychological-Horror 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.. 108 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×123 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 108 games are announced against 71 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,297) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 158 |
| Released games | 356 |
| Announced | 108 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 40% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, Funny, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 5,618 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. Nearly all of the 93 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 108 games are announced against 71 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Geometry Dash 2014 · $89M 
Jump King 2019 · $4.8M 
A Difficult Game About Climbing 2024 · $1.6M 
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends 2019 · $1.2M 
Super Meat Boy 3D 2026 · $621k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Geometry Dash | older | $4.99 | 595,606 93% | 18M | $89M (exactly $89,162,218) | RobTop Games |
| | Jump King | older | $12.99 | 12,342 90% | 370k | $4.8M (exactly $4,809,677) | Nexile |
| | A Difficult Game About Climbing | older | $9.99 | 5,399 87% | 162k | $1.6M (exactly $1,618,080) | Pontypants |
| | Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends | older | $6.99 | 5,586 85% | 168k | $1.2M (exactly $1,171,384) | Superku |
| | Super Meat Boy 3D | $24.99 | 828 87% | 25k | $621k (exactly $620,752) | Sluggerfly, Team Meat | |
 | JUMP KING QUEST | $14.99 | 1,202 88% | 36k | $541k (exactly $540,539) | Nexile | |
 | I wanna be the Creator | older | $5.99 | 2,860 94% | 86k | $514k (exactly $513,942) | Aikesi |
 | Egging On | $14.99 | 747 74% | 22k | $336k (exactly $335,926) | Egobounds | |
 | Ambidextro | $7.99 | 1,334 98% | 40k | $320k (exactly $319,760) | Majorariatto | |
 | BETON BRUTAL | older | $6.99 | 1,232 94% | 37k | $258k (exactly $258,350) | Jan Malitschek |
 | LOVE ETERNAL | $9.99 | 453 96% | 14k | $136k (exactly $135,764) | brlka | |
 | Ikarus Parkour | $12.99 | 195 81% | 5.9k | $76k (exactly $75,992) | Vanja Aleksić | |
 | Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game | $9.99 | 220 96% | 6.6k | $66k (exactly $65,934) | DarkBear Studios, iNightGaming LLC | |
 | ZAKO NO AHIRU | $6.99 | 278 87% | 8.3k | $58k (exactly $58,297) | FUファイターズ | |
 | Stuck Together | $11.99 | 161 88% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Hugecalf Studios | |
 | Driving Is Hard | $6.99 | 200 79% | 6.0k | $42k (exactly $41,940) | Elegant Horse Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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