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Should I ship a War Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + War
Only 4 developers shipped a War Puzzle Platformer in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 12 did: 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.. 9 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.7k against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) |
| Top 25% | $59k (exactly $58,845) |
| Top 5% | $268k (exactly $267,572) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,589 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 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
Torn Away 2023 · $268k 
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home 2024 · $238k 
Raid on Taihoku 2023 · $59k 
The Last Shot 2023 · $28k 
Fuck's Quest II 2026 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Torn Away | older | $14.99 | 595 92% | 18k | $268k (exactly $267,572) | perelesoq |
| | Valiant Hearts: Coming Home | older | $14.99 | 529 62% | 16k | $238k (exactly $237,891) | Ubisoft Da Nang, Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | Raid on Taihoku | older | $12.99 | 151 82% | 4.5k | $59k (exactly $58,845) | Mizoriot Creative Company LTD., Fun2 St… (Mizoriot Creative Company LTD., Fun2 Studio CO., LTD.) |
| | The Last Shot | older | $9.99 | 95 86% | 2.9k | $28k (exactly $28,472) | Rumata Lab |
| | Fuck's Quest II | $4.99 | 133 100% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,910) | Ancient Computer Tech | |
 | EchoBlade | older | $9.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Sunset Arctic Games |
 | MINDMIST | older | $7.99 | 30 73% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Dragon Landing |
 | The Mythical City 3 | older | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Gamesforgames |
 | Flying Soldiers | older | $17.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $4.9k (exactly $4,857) | WildSphere |
 | Marabundle | older | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Astral Game Studio, Clops Game Studio,… (Astral Game Studio, Clops Game Studio, Ops Game Studio, Wired Dreams Studio) |
 | 1989 After the War | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | SEEP | |
 | Yes Sir! | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Uluni Games (Inh. Nils Wenzler) | |
 | Chicken Battlefield | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | chickenbattlefielddevs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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