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Should I ship a Science Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Science
Only 9 developers shipped a Science Precision Platformer in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Critical Descent, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 5% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 125% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Science
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,576 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
Boson X 2014 · $199k 
Beam 2020 · $22k 
Vectromirror™ 2023 · $6.2k 
Into the Sinkhole 2022 · $3.6k 
PT+ 2020 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Boson X | older | $4.99 | 1,327 93% | 40k | $199k (exactly $198,652) | Ian MacLarty, Jon Kerney |
| | Beam | older | $18.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,649) | Binary Impact |
| | Vectromirror™ | older | $7.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | The Vectromirror Initiative |
| | Into the Sinkhole | older | $0.99 | 122 78% | 3.7k | $3.6k (exactly $3,623) | cream |
| | PT+ | older | $19.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Liam McMains |
 | Parallel Shift | older | $1.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Insightful Games |
 | Ryzer: The Reflectors Path | older | $0.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $742 (exactly $742) | Player Legacy |
 | Critical Descent | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Endless Abyss Games | |
 | PsyUp: A Psychological Physics Puzzle | $1.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | N2kStudio | |
 | Gooey | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Turbo Pixel | |
 | Crop Crusaders | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Hobgoblin Games | |
 | COLD BOOT | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | DIG Games | |
 | Gallium | · EA | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Overseeing Industries |
 | Néro & Sci ∫ Integral Edition | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Souris-Lab | |
 | codename G | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | thestrangesage | |
 | SlimeKitten | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Limbo Haven Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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