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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer RTS?
RTS + Puzzle Platformer
Only 10 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer RTS 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, Pocket and Zooom, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $120 against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 5% | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- RTS, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 83% positive over 74 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomeFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + SportsLong shot
- + PuzzleLong shot
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 2020 · $1.0M 
It Is Ticking 2023 · $12k 
Ruzar - The Dark Stones 2024 · $11k 
JUNGLE RUNNER 2022 · $9.0k 
Pocket and Zooom 2025 · $7.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 | older | $59.99 | 566 79% | 17k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,630) | TechnoBrain |
| | It Is Ticking | older | $6.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $12k (exactly $12,372) | YenThe Studio |
| | Ruzar - The Dark Stones | older | $17.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $11k (exactly $11,334) | Hammer Glass Studio Inc. |
| | JUNGLE RUNNER | older | $24.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Piece Of Voxel |
| | Pocket and Zooom | $15.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) | TechnoBrain | |
 | Kanji Industry | · EA older | $6.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Tsune Studio |
 | Vacuum cleaner robot simulator: pile sos edition | older | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | JAIL DICE: Roll to Break | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | GyoonyGames | |
 | Dr Voss’ Escape Room | $2.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Vexos Games | |
 | Bananarun | older | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Emil Leijon |
 | Only Down: Gravitation Up | $0.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | One Shot All Kill | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Creative Universe | |
 | Fruity Kitchen | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Play & Enjoy | |
 | Detective Pig | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Young Man | |
 | Reverie Shift | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Reverie Shift | |
 | The Hard Way | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RSX | |
 | Binairo - Takuzu | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Puzzle Creation Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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