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Should I ship a Rhythm Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Rhythm
Of 26 developers who shipped a Rhythm 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.. 43 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 17 developers shipped in the last year and 43 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $11,696) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 116 |
| Announced | 43 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 50% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer, Rhythm; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 212 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different second tag, 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 
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien 2013 · $733k 
Electronic Super Joy 2013 · $592k 
140 2013 · $307k 
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER 2023 · $213k | 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 |
| | BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien | older | $14.99 | 1,630 93% | 49k | $733k (exactly $733,011) | Gaijin Games |
| | Electronic Super Joy | older | $7.99 | 2,471 89% | 74k | $592k (exactly $592,299) | Michael Todd Games |
| | 140 | older | $4.99 | 2,054 94% | 62k | $307k (exactly $307,484) | Carlsen Games |
| | BIT.TRIP RERUNNER | older | $19.99 | 356 96% | 11k | $213k (exactly $213,493) | Choice Provisions, Gamecraft Studios |
 | Runner3 | older | $19.99 | 261 75% | 7.8k | $157k (exactly $156,522) | Choice Provisions |
 | Vectronom | older | $9.99 | 263 96% | 7.9k | $79k (exactly $78,821) | Ludopium, ARTE France |
 | Aim Climb | older | $6.80 | 225 89% | 6.8k | $46k (exactly $45,900) | YuLu |
 | Octahedron: Transfixed Edition | older | $12.99 | 115 93% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Demimonde |
 | Krimson | older | $9.99 | 115 99% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | CryingPsycho |
 | ION Shift | $5.99 | 140 90% | 4.2k | $25k (exactly $25,158) | Electro Soul Games | |
 | Skullbreaker | $29.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Sharkgame | |
 | Hotdangle | $17.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $5.9k (exactly $5,937) | Devorange Studio Inc | |
 | AeroWave OS | $4.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ByBelka Studio | |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya | |
 | Soul Reflex | $3.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | UltimaUnleashed | |
 | Synthwave Tunnel | · EA | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Frog & Roll | $4.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Drunk Frog Studio | |
 | Drop Jump | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | F4ntom Games | |
 | Draw & Play ! | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Rifaï Games Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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