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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Precision Platformer Tactical game?

Tactical + Precision Platformer

Of 25 developers who shipped a Precision Platformer Tactical 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.. 22 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 17 developers shipped in the last year and 22 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 100% on the market, 22 announced, ×1.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Tactical + Precision Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 25
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $5.8k → $1.2k → $0 → $30 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Tactical + Precision Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 25
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $30 (exactly $30)
Top 25% $958 (exactly $958)
Top 5% $12k (exactly $12,142)
Developers, 2 yr 25
Released games 81
Announced 22
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $3.99

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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 115% 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 medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Tactical
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Precision Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Tactical, Precision Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Parkour, 2D Platformer
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Linear, 2D, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 96% positive over 184 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $30, 1 in 4 over $950, 1 in 20 over $12k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Tactical with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds12 devs · median $5.8k · 8 announced
  2. + Mystery DungeonStrong odds20 devs · median $2.5k · 15 announced
  3. + Dating SimFair13 devs · median $11k · 9 announced
  4. + 6DOFFair14 devs · median $2.4k · 19 announced
  5. + Word GameFair23 devs · median $1.8k · 12 announced
  6. + TypingFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 9 announced
  7. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $1.0k · 10 announced
  8. + Traditional RoguelikeFair38 devs · median $987 · 57 announced
  9. + Dynamic NarrationFair13 devs · median $899 · 16 announced
  10. + Farming SimFair12 devs · median $897 · 10 announced
  11. + SolitaireFair25 devs · median $479 · 22 announced
  12. + LGBTQ+Fair20 devs · median $479 · 21 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Backrooms Cats and Lava 2024 · $94k Parkour Tag 2022 · $41k Bomb The Monsters! 2015 · $33k Ball Torture 2022 · $27k Bauhaus Bonk 2025 · $17k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Backrooms Cats and Lava older $29.99 105 79% 3.2k $94k (exactly $94,468) Galactic Geckon
Parkour Tag older $7.99 170 87% 5.1k $41k (exactly $40,749) Loopnova Studio
Bomb The Monsters! older $4.99 221 77% 6.6k $33k (exactly $33,084) Finalboss game studio
Ball Torture older $9.99 90 82% 2.7k $27k (exactly $26,973) SufferSoft
Bauhaus Bonk $7.99 73 100% 2.2k $17k (exactly $17,498) Spoonful Games
Flying Tobacco Eggs older $39.99 13 84% 390 $16k (exactly $15,596) Gamesforgames
SPEEDSHOT $14.99 27 100% 810 $12k (exactly $12,142) karmacode
Pixel Pirate older $24.99 14 78% 420 $10k (exactly $10,496) Stas Paty9mkin
Animaddicts 4 older $19.99 16 37% 480 $9.6k (exactly $9,595) Crossplatform
JUNGLE RUNNER older $24.99 12 75% 360 $9.0k (exactly $8,996) Piece Of Voxel
Doggy Up! $3.99 20 90% 600 $2.4k (exactly $2,394) Feas
Bravest Chicken $4.99 14 100% 420 $2.1k (exactly $2,096) Frajda Games
Only Up 3 $4.99 8 62% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) WGI GAMING
Getting Stronger $3.99 10 100% 300 $1.2k (exactly $1,197) Jestercraft
Stress Ball $3.99 8 87% 240 $958 (exactly $958) Analiz Games
Bermel $1.99 10 90% 300 $597 (exactly $597) FaredOn
Hijack Jump $1.79 9 100% 270 $483 (exactly $483) fiftyfive development OHG
ONLYUP SNOW $1.99 5 100% 150 $298 (exactly $298) Gever Games

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