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Should I ship a Snow Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Snow
Only 9 developers shipped a Snow 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, My friend Mango, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $240 against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Snow
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 4,787 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 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
Bread & Fred 2023 · $1.9M 
Mission in Snowdriftland 2021 · $50k 
AtmaSphere 2 2024 · $22k 
Ascent 2020 · $13k 
Grapple League 2024 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bread & Fred | older | $14.99 | 4,217 79% | 127k | $1.9M (exactly $1,896,385) | SandCastles Studio |
| | Mission in Snowdriftland | older | $6.99 | 239 94% | 7.2k | $50k (exactly $50,118) | tons of bits |
| | AtmaSphere 2 | older | $4.99 | 146 79% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Mazen Games |
| | Ascent | older | $4.99 | 89 93% | 2.7k | $13k (exactly $13,323) | Tim Kashani |
| | Grapple League | older | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Rain Check Studios |
 | My friend Mango | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Bliuper Studios | |
 | Bhop up! | older | $4.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | ArcanaLord |
 | Snowyland | older | $1.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) | Donnie Game Studio |
 | Vinterget | older | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Baruhara |
 | Aralunis | $5.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Nezashiron Games | |
 | Bounce Quest | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | nozech | |
 | Hopward | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | GoodGhostGames | |
 | The Orbit | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | BluExolotL Games | |
 | The Tales of the Magical Space Dough: Rebaked | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mystical Orb Inc |
 | Christmas Soul | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mediakomp | |
 | Slime Climb | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mecha Rhino | |
 | SavingSanta | $5.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ken Henson |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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