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Should I ship a Time Management Precision Platformer?
Precision Platformer + Time Management
Only 19 developers shipped a Time Management 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, NODE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $30 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $109,456) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 35% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Precision Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Precision Platformer, Time Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 205 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Precision Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + FPSFair
- + GothicFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Time ManipulationFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + RPGFair
Comparable games
Best Forklift Operator 2022 · $134k 
NODE 2025 · $109k 
Stop Dead 2023 · EA · $36k 
Street Power Football 2020 · $30k 
Sloppy Goat 2018 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Best Forklift Operator | older | $19.99 | 224 75% | 6.7k | $134k (exactly $134,333) | Simmersiv |
| | NODE | $24.99 | 146 91% | 4.4k | $109k (exactly $109,456) | Lapsus Games | |
| | Stop Dead | · EA older | $14.99 | 79 94% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | Gridsnap Games LLC |
| | Street Power Football | older | $29.99 | 33 51% | 990 | $30k (exactly $29,690) | SFL Interactive, Gamajun |
| | Sloppy Goat | older | $24.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $19k (exactly $18,742) | SharkGame |
 | Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line | older | $8.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $16,991) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
 | Super Indie Square - Fight Against Time | older | $12.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Eternal One Games |
 | DARK MINUTE: Kira's Adventure | older | $12.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | KovalGames |
 | Hell Runner | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Moonlight Studio | |
 | OrePlant | · EA | $6.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) | Hypercent Inc. |
 | Joe Adventure | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Napless Interactive | |
 | Hooked On Speed | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Stonehill Games | |
 | Speedrun Simulator | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Garry Gatling | |
 | Come Back Home Please | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | snowray | |
 | Teddys Volcanic Voyage | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | CREWD Studios | |
 | Loop of Agony | $3.50 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Kaos Games | |
 | ParkTour | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Federico Garcia |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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