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Stealth + Puzzle Platformer
Of 54 developers who shipped a Puzzle Platformer Stealth 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.. 147 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×353 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 147 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 5% | $222k (exactly $221,889) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 54 |
| Released games | 220 |
| Announced | 147 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Puzzle Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2.5D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,672 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 147 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
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DARQ: Complete Edition 2019 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Little Nightmares II | older | $29.99 | 50,280 92% | 1.5M | $45M (exactly $45,236,916) | Tarsier Studios |
| | Little Nightmares | older | $19.99 | 52,184 94% | 1.6M | $31M (exactly $31,294,745) | Tarsier Studios |
| | Chants of Sennaar | older | $19.99 | 30,416 98% | 912k | $18M (exactly $18,240,475) | Rundisc |
| | VLADiK BRUTAL | older | $11.99 | 9,551 89% | 287k | $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495) | BRUTAL SOFTWARE |
| | DARQ: Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,575 94% | 107k | $2.1M (exactly $2,143,928) | Unfold Games |
 | Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty | older | $19.99 | 2,900 86% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,739,130) | Just Add Water (Developments), Ltd. |
 | White Shadows | older | $19.99 | 1,877 81% | 56k | $1.1M (exactly $1,125,637) | Monokel |
 | Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek | older | $29.99 | 1,217 87% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,094,935) | Dynamic Pixels |
 | Timelie | older | $17.99 | 1,783 95% | 53k | $962k (exactly $962,285) | Urnique Studio |
 | YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- | older | $19.99 | 1,350 69% | 41k | $810k (exactly $809,595) | KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Active Gaming Med… (KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Active Gaming Media Inc.) |
 | Bye Sweet Carole | $24.99 | 1,039 72% | 31k | $779k (exactly $778,938) | Little Sewing Machine | |
 | Darwin's Paradox! | $24.99 | 843 87% | 25k | $632k (exactly $631,997) | ZDT Studio | |
 | Deer & Boy | $19.99 | 370 94% | 11k | $222k (exactly $221,889) | Lifeline Games | |
 | Ayasa: Shadows of Silence | $24.99 | 110 74% | 3.3k | $82k (exactly $82,467) | Aya Games | |
 | Cycle of Corruption | $14.99 | 84 94% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Kredyn | |
 | Antro | $14.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Gatera Studio | |
 | SECTOR ZERO | $3.99 | 138 93% | 4.1k | $17k (exactly $16,519) | Ondrej Angelovic | |
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 | Hannah | $19.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Spaceboy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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