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Should I ship a Supernatural Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Supernatural
Only 19 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, Ascending Inferno, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $149 (exactly $149) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 50% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Supernatural
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Platformer, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, Linear, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 162 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
They Bleed Pixels 2012 · $611k 
Volgarr the Viking II 2024 · $51k 
There Was A Caveman 2015 · $23k 
Ascending Inferno 2024 · $18k 
GhoulScrapers 2024 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | They Bleed Pixels | older | $9.99 | 2,040 84% | 61k | $611k (exactly $611,388) | Spooky Squid Games Inc. |
| | Volgarr the Viking II | older | $19.99 | 85 81% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | Digital Eclipse, Crazy Viking Studios |
| | There Was A Caveman | older | $6.99 | 108 72% | 3.2k | $23k (exactly $22,648) | Nauris Amatnieks |
| | Ascending Inferno | $10.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,134) | Oppolyon Studios | |
| | GhoulScrapers | older | $4.99 | 101 100% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $15,120) | ShortCake_Cafe, Astryl, Alexandre Laber… (ShortCake_Cafe, Astryl, Alexandre Laberge, VaporXP) |
 | Vindefiant | $14.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Blakey Games | |
 | Hell Runner | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Moonlight Studio | |
 | HELLBOUND INC | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Templo, Rewilder | |
 | Jaded | $4.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | ShellSnore Games | |
 | Hollow Witch | older | $4.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Bad Kid Games |
 | Afterlife Reverie+ | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Nuclear Raven Games | |
 | Vribyss Refuge™ Metamorphosis | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Ernesto Aragon | |
 | PILLARS OF DESPAIR - Mission Valoria | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | ARCANE ZENITH | |
 | After The Afterlife | $1.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | BugBit Studio | |
 | ONLYUP SNOW | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Gever Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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