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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Procedural Generation Puzzle Platformer?

Procedural Generation + Puzzle Platformer

Of 34 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation Puzzle Platformer 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.. 39 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 24 developers shipped in the last year and 39 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 1335% on the market, 39 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Procedural Generation + Puzzle Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 34
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $0 → $119 → $3.4k → $0 → $299 (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Procedural Generation + Puzzle Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 34
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $179 (exactly $179)
Top 25% $1.5k (exactly $1,498)
Top 5% $27k (exactly $26,820)
Developers, 2 yr 34
Released games 114
Announced 39
Effort 4 / 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 up 1335% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, 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.

Procedural Generation
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Puzzle 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
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Procedural Generation, Puzzle Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Action, Platformer
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 603 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 $180, 1 in 4 over $1.4k, 1 in 20 over $26k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + SnowFair11 devs · median $3.0k · 16 announced
  2. + Traditional RoguelikeFair71 devs · median $2.0k · 93 announced
  3. + DetectiveFair29 devs · median $1.5k · 30 announced
  4. + Word GameFair22 devs · median $1.3k · 23 announced
  5. + TypingFair26 devs · median $1.1k · 11 announced
  6. + IdlerFair98 devs · median $807 · 107 announced
  7. + LogicFair137 devs · median $478 · 149 announced
  8. + Walking SimulatorFair57 devs · median $449 · 62 announced
  9. + Precision PlatformerFair49 devs · median $449 · 42 announced
  10. + Hidden ObjectFair58 devs · median $418 · 56 announced
  11. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds31 devs · median $77k · 95 announced
  12. + TrainsPoor odds22 devs · median $30k · 35 announced

All 222 pairs on the Procedural Generation page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Wanna Make It 2021 · $97k Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms 2022 · EA · $57k We are Eva 2023 · $43k Randomice 2025 · $38k Stardust Skate 2025 · $27k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Wanna Make It older $10.99 293 97% 8.8k $97k (exactly $96,602) CQGAME
Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms · EA older $12.49 153 90% 4.6k $57k (exactly $57,329) Corey Jeffries
We are Eva older $14.99 95 96% 2.9k $43k (exactly $42,722) Totally Normal Creature
Randomice $12.99 98 94% 2.9k $38k (exactly $38,191) Videoludid
Stardust Skate $2.99 299 98% 9.0k $27k (exactly $26,820) VchiBan, Aetha
Halver older $9.99 80 95% 2.4k $24k (exactly $23,976) Gologames
Odd||Even older $19.99 36 55% 1.1k $22k (exactly $21,589) kylix studio
Treasure Hunters: Raid Together $9.99 58 84% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,383) Biax
Archipel Logic Infinite $7.99 59 94% 1.8k $14k (exactly $14,142) WanderLux Games
Hardhat Wombat older $9.99 41 95% 1.2k $12k (exactly $12,288) All Yes Good
Animosity $14.99 15 93% 450 $6.7k (exactly $6,746) Red River Studio
Dialoop -Roguelite Puzzle- $7.99 16 81% 480 $3.8k (exactly $3,835) Byking Inc.
15th Prison $3.99 28 92% 840 $3.4k (exactly $3,352) Zettanium
Maze Craze $2.99 19 100% 570 $1.7k (exactly $1,704) Error 300
Tetro Runner $9.99 5 100% 150 $1.5k (exactly $1,498) Rollmop Games Studio
Recursive Riftfall $4.99 6 83% 180 $898 (exactly $898) ZanderK

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