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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Precision Platformer?

Quick-Time Events + Precision Platformer

Of 37 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events 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.. 25 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 22 developers shipped in the last year and 25 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 260% on the market, 25 announced, ×1.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Quick-Time Events + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 37
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.0k → $269 → $89 → $179 → $358 → $239 → $597 (still earning) → $105 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Quick-Time Events + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 37
Bottom 30% $105 (exactly $105)
Median $239 (exactly $239)
Top 25% $598 (exactly $598)
Top 5% $1.9k (exactly $1,888)
Developers, 2 yr 37
Released games 79
Announced 25
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $2.99

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 260% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, 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.

Quick-Time Events
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
Quick-Time Events, Precision Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 2D Platformer
Price point
$2.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoony, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 70 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $110, median $240, 1 in 4 over $590, 1 in 20 over $1.8k.

3 in 10 developers made under $110. All of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Quick-Time Events with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair17 devs · median $15k · 16 announced
  2. + Shoot 'Em UpFair8 devs · median $1.2k · 12 announced
  3. + Life SimFair28 devs · median $958 · 33 announced
  4. + SimulationFair116 devs · median $748 · 133 announced
  5. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $720 · 18 announced
  6. + Resource ManagementFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced
  7. + FlightFair9 devs · median $657 · 9 announced
  8. + AliensFair12 devs · median $628 · 14 announced
  9. + SpaceFair16 devs · median $597 · 24 announced
  10. + Bullet TimeLong shot10 devs · median $390 · 15 announced
  11. + DemonsLong shot17 devs · median $300 · 22 announced
  12. + Bullet HellLong shot27 devs · median $239 · 25 announced

All 110 pairs on the Quick-Time Events page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Dashy Square 2016 · $23k Doodle Adventure of Chameleon 2024 · $16k BandRoll 2023 · EA · $5.9k Be a Pirate 2020 · $5.4k Time Warp Infinite 2024 · $3.9k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Dashy Square older $6.99 110 81% 3.3k $23k (exactly $23,067) Kastriot Sulejmani, Logan Gerrol
Doodle Adventure of Chameleon older $8.99 58 94% 1.7k $16k (exactly $15,643) Cube of Cube
BandRoll · EA older $1.99 98 85% 2.9k $5.9k (exactly $5,851) Bluespy Studios
Be a Pirate older $9.99 18 77% 540 $5.4k (exactly $5,395) Amfich
Time Warp Infinite older $9.99 13 92% 390 $3.9k (exactly $3,896) Zoglu
Sombra $5.99 14 92% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) SytoDev
BSurfing · EA older $5.99 13 69% 390 $2.3k (exactly $2,336) RiadDev
Impossible Pixels older $9.99 7 85% 210 $2.1k (exactly $2,098) Krystofoxik
Sudden Market older $4.99 14 100% 420 $2.1k (exactly $2,096) Glaseeze
Barold older $3.99 17 100% 510 $2.0k (exactly $2,035) TyberiusInSD, DevonAnimation
Super Miaoyin $8.99 7 85% 210 $1.9k (exactly $1,888) Hou Xiaohou
AeroWave OS $4.99 11 81% 330 $1.6k (exactly $1,647) ByBelka Studio
JOTT : Jump Over The Time $4.99 10 100% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,497) Gamezel
Rush Roulette · EA $6.99 5 100% 150 $1.0k (exactly $1,048) Terralithic
Catniss around the world $6.99 4 100% 120 $839 (exactly $839) Robert Schindler
Tick Hop 2 $3.99 7 42% 210 $838 (exactly $838) 小磊又饿又困
RollBot $7.99 3 100% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Tsukoni
The Pirate's Casino $4.99 4 100% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Nihat temel, Özgür Arslan
The Frog Prince $3.99 5 100% 150 $598 (exactly $598) Chris Joslyn

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