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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Precision Platformer Score Attack game?

Precision Platformer + Score Attack

Of 124 developers who shipped a Precision Platformer Score Attack game 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.. 155 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 73 developers shipped in the last year and 155 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 155 announced, ×2.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Precision Platformer + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 124
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.5k → $1.3k → $300 → $1.0k → $359 → $538 → $449 (still earning) → $119 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Precision Platformer + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 124
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,198)
Top 5% $9.6k (exactly $9,588)
Developers, 2 yr 124
Released games 359
Announced 155
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 down 10% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, 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
Score Attack
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, Score Attack; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Arcade
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Pixel Graphics
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 98% positive over 15,185 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $450, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $9.5k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. Nearly all of the 57 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 155 games are announced against 73 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.

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

All 123 pairs on the Precision Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M Electronic Super Joy 2013 · $592k CICADAMATA" 2026 · $425k Dustforce DX 2012 · $364k BZZZT 2023 · $342k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
White Knuckle · EA $16.99 13,356 98% 401k $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) Dark Machine Games
Electronic Super Joy older $7.99 2,471 89% 74k $592k (exactly $592,299) Michael Todd Games
CICADAMATA" $9.99 1,419 96% 43k $425k (exactly $425,274) ✿ flowergarden
Dustforce DX older $9.99 1,214 93% 36k $364k (exactly $363,836) Hitbox Team
BZZZT older $11.99 952 93% 29k $342k (exactly $342,434) KO.DLL
FOTONICA older $14.99 649 87% 19k $292k (exactly $291,855) Santa Ragione
Lunistice older $4.99 1,812 95% 54k $271k (exactly $271,256) A Grumpy Fox
On Rusty Trails older $14.99 176 87% 5.3k $79k (exactly $79,147) Black Pants Studio
Bots Are Stupid older $12.99 161 77% 4.8k $63k (exactly $62,742) Leander Edler-Golla
Sensory Overload $9.99 162 93% 4.9k $49k (exactly $48,551) Pancake Studios
DeadCore Redux $14.99 46 93% 1.4k $21k (exactly $20,686) 5 Bits Games
RunMan: Race Around the World $9.99 49 100% 1.5k $15k (exactly $14,685) Tom Sennett Games
Warm Monkey $9.00 47 89% 1.4k $13k (exactly $12,690) Evprod
Kinetic $7.99 40 92% 1.2k $9.6k (exactly $9,588) Lowraiz Games
HardAF $7.99 35 94% 1.1k $8.4k (exactly $8,390) Hardbox Games
SPiNG $9.99 20 95% 600 $6.0k (exactly $5,994) SMG Studio
PURPLEARC $11.99 11 100% 330 $4.0k (exactly $3,957) akarmyu

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