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Should I ship a Snow Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Snow
Only 10 developers shipped a Snow Puzzle 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, Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $80k, ×169 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,496) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Snow
- 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
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 94% positive over 306 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Relicta 2020 · $140k 
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens 2025 · $80k 
AtmaSphere 2 2024 · $22k 
Darkway: Murder of King Mere 2025 · $19k 
LINK Penguins 2026 · $5.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Relicta | older | $19.99 | 234 76% | 7.0k | $140k (exactly $140,330) | Mighty Polygon |
| | Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens | $14.99 | 179 95% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Mushreb Games | |
| | AtmaSphere 2 | older | $4.99 | 146 79% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Mazen Games |
| | Darkway: Murder of King Mere | $7.99 | 78 97% | 2.3k | $19k (exactly $18,697) | IM/MORTAL Studios, Pierce Papke / Ekpap | |
| | LINK Penguins | $5.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) | lemorion_1224 | |
 | Home Defender | older | $5.99 | 23 56% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Retro Revenge Ltd |
 | Snowyland | older | $1.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) | Donnie Game Studio |
 | VRosty | older | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | TomyHorst |
 | How To Build Your Igloo | older | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Andrea Ravasio |
 | Ludde | older | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Shellander Games |
 | Aralunis | $5.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Nezashiron Games | |
 | Chester The Chest | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Pablyco | |
 | Bounce Quest | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | nozech | |
 | Let's Freeze Some Penguins | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Neckbolt | |
 | Hopward | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | GoodGhostGames | |
 | Reindeer Wrangler | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Caleb Van Rijn | |
 | Walking on Ice | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | The Black Pearl |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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