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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Runner Precision Platformer?

Precision Platformer + Runner

Of 181 developers who shipped a Runner 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.. 145 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 100 developers shipped in the last year and 145 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 145 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Precision Platformer + Runner
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 181
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $776 → $683 → $300 → $267 → $238 → $299 → $330 (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Precision Platformer + Runner: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 181
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $269 (exactly $269)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,166)
Top 5% $9.9k (exactly $9,893)
Developers, 2 yr 181
Released games 517
Announced 145
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 up 80% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, 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
Runner
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Precision Platformer, Runner; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, 3D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Difficult, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

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 1,284 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $270, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $9.8k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 102 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 145 games are announced against 100 developers who shipped in the last year.

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

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016 · $922k BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien 2013 · $733k Climber Animals: Together 2024 · $720k I wanna be the Creator 2019 · $514k FOTONICA 2014 · $292k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell older $14.99 2,050 95% 62k $922k (exactly $921,885) Pine Studio
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien older $14.99 1,630 93% 49k $733k (exactly $733,011) Gaijin Games
Climber Animals: Together older $3.99 6,014 73% 180k $720k (exactly $719,876) Devotion Interactive
I wanna be the Creator older $5.99 2,860 94% 86k $514k (exactly $513,942) Aikesi
FOTONICA older $14.99 649 87% 19k $292k (exactly $291,855) Santa Ragione
Super Meat Boy Forever older $4.99 1,881 58% 56k $282k (exactly $281,586) Team Meat
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER older $19.99 356 96% 11k $213k (exactly $213,493) Choice Provisions, Gamecraft Studios
Boson X older $4.99 1,327 93% 40k $199k (exactly $198,652) Ian MacLarty, Jon Kerney
Runner3 older $19.99 261 75% 7.8k $157k (exactly $156,522) Choice Provisions
Hans older $4.99 741 85% 22k $111k (exactly $110,928) at0m
Rocket Boots Mania $14.99 229 99% 6.9k $103k (exactly $102,981) Luma Play
Ikarus Parkour $12.99 195 81% 5.9k $76k (exactly $75,992) Vanja Aleksić
Hell of an Office $14.99 121 89% 3.6k $54k (exactly $54,414) 43 Studios
Sensory Overload $9.99 162 93% 4.9k $49k (exactly $48,551) Pancake Studios
JETRUNNER $9.99 118 96% 3.5k $35k (exactly $35,365) Riddlebit Software
Catch Me $5.99 178 70% 5.3k $32k (exactly $31,987) Doorway Games
This Is No Cave $6.99 127 96% 3.8k $27k (exactly $26,632) monome.studio
Abyss Runner $6.99 105 86% 3.2k $22k (exactly $22,018) Asuwawagami
SPEEDSHOT $14.99 27 100% 810 $12k (exactly $12,142) karmacode
Memori · EA $14.99 22 95% 660 $9.9k (exactly $9,893) PracticalNPC

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