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Should I ship a Trivia Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Trivia
Only 14 developers shipped a Trivia 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, Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 5 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $214k (exactly $214,093) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 5 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer, Trivia; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 97% positive over 446 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. 5 games are announced against 8 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
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum 2025 · $214k 
Brain Show: Party Game 2023 · $105k 
Not Sure About That 2025 · $11k 
Professor Rubik’s Brain Fitness 2020 · $7.2k 
Threaded 2022 · $6.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
| | Brain Show: Party Game | older | $14.99 | 234 73% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $105,230) | Simplicity Games |
| | Not Sure About That | $4.99 | 76 98% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,377) | Scratch | |
| | Professor Rubik’s Brain Fitness | older | $9.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Magic Pockets |
| | Threaded | older | $11.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) | Tiny Little Lion |
 | Flux Caves | older | $4.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | Fubenalvo |
 | The Secret of Rooms | older | $2.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | NoFace工作室, NoFace工作室 |
 | Save The Girls | older | $3.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $2.8k (exactly $2,753) | FTA GAMES |
 | MENSEKI Area maze puzzles | older | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Happymeal Inc. |
 | Two Hundred Ways | older | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Sunlight Games |
 | In & Out | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | KASTEN | |
 | News Roll | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Koma |
 | 图说八道 | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | StarryMatrix | |
 | MandarinMastermind | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | J.Chen |
 | 谐了个音 - 这是谐音梗 | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | PlankBoard | |
 | Word Quest | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Alpha ASTRO | |
 | Science Skaters | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Didactoons | |
 | Corner BookShop | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Areumdamda Media Lab |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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