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Strategy + Precision Platformer
Of 82 developers who shipped a Precision Platformer Strategy 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.. 73 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 43 developers shipped in the last year and 73 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,275) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 82 |
| Released games | 245 |
| Announced | 73 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 40% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy
- 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
- Strategy, Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 2,467 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 46 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 73 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Geometry Dash | older | $4.99 | 595,606 93% | 18M | $89M (exactly $89,162,218) | RobTop Games |
| | Monument Valley 3 | $14.99 | 2,155 93% | 65k | $969k (exactly $969,104) | ustwo games | |
| | Monument Valley 2 | older | $7.99 | 3,526 93% | 106k | $845k (exactly $845,182) | ustwo games |
| | Golfie | older | $17.99 | 275 66% | 8.3k | $148k (exactly $148,418) | Triheart Studio |
| | Backrooms Cats and Lava | older | $29.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $94k (exactly $94,468) | Galactic Geckon |
 | In Between | older | $11.99 | 149 85% | 4.5k | $54k (exactly $53,595) | Gentlymad |
 | Mind Spheres | older | $4.99 | 309 83% | 9.3k | $46k (exactly $46,257) | Microblast Games |
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 | Bauhaus Bonk | $7.99 | 73 100% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | Spoonful Games | |
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 | Who Takes The Crown? | $7.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $8.9k (exactly $8,869) | devthedoug | |
 | 鸿运修仙传 | $5.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | 玉米工作室 | |
 | Scuttle Up | $4.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Moonside Studios | |
 | Amata | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Zxyyr | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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