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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Puzzle Precision Platformer?

Precision Platformer + Puzzle

Of 242 developers who shipped a Puzzle 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.. 277 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $34k, ×72 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 277 games are announced against 126 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue down 40% on the market, 277 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Precision Platformer + Puzzle
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 242
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $839 → $776 → $299 → $1.0k → $802 → $359 → $449 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Precision Platformer + Puzzle: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 242
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $2.9k (exactly $2,876)
Top 5% $34k (exactly $34,037)
Developers, 2 yr 242
Released games 770
Announced 277
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 as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Puzzle
effort 2 / 10 · high · discrete rules, levels are data

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Precision Platformer, Puzzle; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle Platformer, Platformer, Action
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Pixel Graphics
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 91% positive over 10,730 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 $2.8k, 1 in 20 over $34k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 145 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 277 games are announced against 126 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Precision Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + DemonsFair15 devs · median $2.4k · 21 announced
  2. + FPSFair37 devs · median $1.6k · 38 announced
  3. + GothicFair15 devs · median $1.4k · 17 announced
  4. + HorrorFair68 devs · median $1.0k · 69 announced
  5. + Character CustomizationFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  6. + Perma DeathFair46 devs · median $719 · 31 announced
  7. + IdlerFair12 devs · median $657 · 6 announced
  8. + Action RoguelikeFair36 devs · median $629 · 38 announced
  9. + Time ManipulationFair22 devs · median $598 · 20 announced
  10. + SandboxFair30 devs · median $537 · 21 announced
  11. + Procedural GenerationFair49 devs · median $449 · 42 announced
  12. + RPGFair41 devs · median $449 · 43 announced

All 123 pairs on the Precision Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Heavenly Bodies 2021 · $2.2M Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered 2025 · $1.4M VVVVVV 2010 · $997k Monument Valley 3 2025 · $969k SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016 · $922k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Heavenly Bodies older $19.99 3,741 95% 112k $2.2M (exactly $2,243,478) 2pt Interactive
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered $29.99 1,507 89% 45k $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics
VVVVVV older $4.99 6,657 96% 200k $997k (exactly $996,553) Terry Cavanagh
Monument Valley 3 $14.99 2,155 93% 65k $969k (exactly $969,104) ustwo games
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell older $14.99 2,050 95% 62k $922k (exactly $921,885) Pine Studio
Monument Valley 2 older $7.99 3,526 93% 106k $845k (exactly $845,182) ustwo games
Will You Snail? older $10.99 2,509 97% 75k $827k (exactly $827,217) Jonas Tyroller
La-Mulana 2 older $24.99 818 83% 25k $613k (exactly $613,255) NIGORO
Fever Meme $4.20 4,358 91% 131k $549k (exactly $549,108) Aimbok
I wanna be the Creator older $5.99 2,860 94% 86k $514k (exactly $513,942) Aikesi
Level Devil $6.99 1,304 91% 39k $273k (exactly $273,449) Unept
Bat to the Heavens $14.99 407 95% 12k $183k (exactly $183,028) ceroro
Space Accident VR $16.99 231 82% 6.9k $118k (exactly $117,741) VR-WRG
NODE $24.99 146 91% 4.4k $109k (exactly $109,456) Lapsus Games
Outrider Mako $17.99 121 65% 3.6k $65k (exactly $65,304) Asamado Games
Dofamine VR $9.99 173 82% 5.2k $52k (exactly $51,848) VR-WRG
The Warrior $4.99 328 97% 9.8k $49k (exactly $49,102) ThornDuck

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