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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Puzzle Platformer
Only 11 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer Strategy RPG 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, Paper Bride 6 Nightmare, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $59 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $59 (exactly $59) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Top 5% | $111k (exactly $110,589) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 10% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 79% positive over 470 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes 2023 · $182k 
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare 2024 · $111k 
F-Rank hero story 2022 · EA · $23k 
烧尾宴 2026 · $14k 
Winter Clothing 2025 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes | older | $9.99 | 606 84% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,618) | HeartBeat Plus |
| | Paper Bride 6 Nightmare | $9.99 | 369 81% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | HeartBeat Plus | |
| | F-Rank hero story | · EA older | $10.99 | 71 90% | 2.1k | $23k (exactly $23,409) | Funny game studio |
| | 烧尾宴 | $8.99 | 52 75% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,024) | 有点正经 | |
| | Winter Clothing | $9.99 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | 坤舆科技 | |
 | Ruzar - The Dark Stones | older | $17.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $11k (exactly $11,334) | Hammer Glass Studio Inc. |
 | The Book Of Hiro | older | $2.99 | 121 56% | 3.6k | $11k (exactly $10,854) | MingCang Studio |
 | BobasQuest | older | $9.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Gamesforgames |
 | The Mythical City 3 | older | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Gamesforgames |
 | Kanji Industry | · EA older | $6.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Tsune Studio |
 | MandarinMastermind | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | J.Chen |
 | River of Time Yarn | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Little Studio | |
 | 谜境·AI剧本杀互动剧场 | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | 灵思AI工作室 | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | 外卖李水 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | a Changfen | |
 | Liar's Game | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 林某人游戏工作室 | |
 | Integral Survival | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dalmo Mendonça |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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