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Should I ship a Split Screen Precision Platformer?
Split Screen + Precision Platformer
Only 15 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, Head's Adventures:chibichibi, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $80k, ×127 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,060) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen, Precision Platformer
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 528 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
FOTONICA 2014 · $292k 
Head's Adventures:chibichibi 2025 · $80k 
Mineirinho Director's Cut 2020 · $41k 
Super Cable Boy 2020 · $38k 
Street Power Football 2020 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FOTONICA | older | $14.99 | 649 87% | 19k | $292k (exactly $291,855) | Santa Ragione |
| | Head's Adventures:chibichibi | $7.99 | 334 97% | 10k | $80k (exactly $80,060) | ManaWanderer | |
| | Mineirinho Director's Cut | older | $0.99 | 1,365 66% | 41k | $41k (exactly $40,540) | Sinned Games |
| | Super Cable Boy | older | $14.99 | 84 97% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Sørb |
| | Street Power Football | older | $29.99 | 33 51% | 990 | $30k (exactly $29,690) | SFL Interactive, Gamajun |
 | Ultimate Godspeed | older | $12.99 | 75 89% | 2.3k | $29k (exactly $29,228) | Ninoko |
 | Koloro | older | $9.99 | 76 93% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Sköll Studio |
 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Tanuki Justice | older | $14.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Wonderboy Bobi |
 | One More Line | older | $2.99 | 222 72% | 6.7k | $20k (exactly $19,913) | SMG Studio |
 | Galactic Thunderdome | $9.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Pansimula | |
 | Xion Leak | $8.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) | Gentle Beasts Studio | |
 | Don't Pop The Balloon | $4.99 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Emirhan ÇAT, Bedirhan ÇAT | |
 | Marble Champions | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Luc Versleijen, Neonchimp Games | |
 | Revolvermen | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Oskar Wetterbrandt | |
 | GØRKJES - finger food fighting | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Moritz Petzka, Basuramor | |
 | Jumping Robo | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | DanDanGames | |
 | Bouncy Escape | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Daniel Sitkiewicz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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