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Should I ship a Robot Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Robots
Of 35 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 63 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $480k, ×770 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 63 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) |
| Top 5% | $483k (exactly $483,479) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 123 |
| Announced | 63 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 5,656 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 7 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 63 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
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
MIO: Memories in Orbit 2026 · $2.6M 
LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ 2024 · $483k 
BZZZT 2023 · $342k 
BAIONLENJA 2025 · EA · $199k 
Boson X 2014 · $199k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MIO: Memories in Orbit | $19.99 | 4,300 83% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,578,710) | Douze Dixièmes | |
| | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
| | BZZZT | older | $11.99 | 952 93% | 29k | $342k (exactly $342,434) | KO.DLL |
| | BAIONLENJA | · EA | $12.99 | 510 97% | 15k | $199k (exactly $198,747) | BAION |
| | Boson X | older | $4.99 | 1,327 93% | 40k | $199k (exactly $198,652) | Ian MacLarty, Jon Kerney |
 | NODE | $24.99 | 146 91% | 4.4k | $109k (exactly $109,456) | Lapsus Games | |
 | Brave Escape | $19.99 | 145 97% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Hit Start Studios | |
 | iZBOT | older | $11.99 | 226 80% | 6.8k | $81k (exactly $81,292) | Ruxar |
 | Bots Are Stupid | older | $12.99 | 161 77% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Leander Edler-Golla |
 | Planet Cube: Edge | older | $14.99 | 110 90% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,467) | Sunna Entertainment |
 | Maseylia : Echoes of the Past | $16.99 | 61 80% | 1.8k | $31k (exactly $31,092) | Sol Brothers | |
 | NBB.EXE | $19.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Raptus Games | |
 | Xion Leak | $8.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) | Gentle Beasts Studio | |
 | Stack Prootocol | $8.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) | Dare Looks, Mahmu-Kai | |
 | Hyperstacks | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Squirrel Bytes |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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