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Should I ship a Top-Down Shooter Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Top-Down Shooter
Only 8 developers shipped a Top-Down Shooter 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, JAIL DICE: Roll to Break, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $480. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 1515% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Top-Down Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer, Top-Down Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,083 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Disc Room 2020 · $430k 
Ruvato: Original Complex 2020 · $17k 
Frisbee For Fun 2020 · $2.4k 
Suspicious Shuffle 2023 · $1.9k 
JAIL DICE: Roll to Break 2025 · $1.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Disc Room | older | $14.99 | 957 92% | 29k | $430k (exactly $430,363) | Terri, Dose, Kitty, JW |
| | Ruvato: Original Complex | older | $14.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | REMIMORY |
| | Frisbee For Fun | older | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Caio Flavio |
| | Suspicious Shuffle | older | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Sami Kilani |
| | JAIL DICE: Roll to Break | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | GyoonyGames | |
 | Drop: Save the Forest | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Riccardo Giol, Games Greenhouse | |
 | SymbioPhobiA | older | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Radikal Theory Games |
 | Rockit! | older | $1.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | TM39 |
 | Arena Arcade Fest | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Oscar Ortigueira López, OrtiGames/OrtiS… (Oscar Ortigueira López, OrtiGames/OrtiSoft) | |
 | Bacterial edge | older | $1.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | SU SU |
 | Dream's frog | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Slay Buherman | |
 | Lena | · EA | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | PunchList Productions |
 | SnakeVib | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bob Barker | |
 | Square & Circles | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DIG Games | |
 | Gold and Robot | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SmartRobotSoft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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