Should I ship a Lemmings game?
Lemmings
Only 19 developers shipped a Lemmings game 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, Craftlings, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $800, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×393 the market median. Revenue is up 1520% on the market; 27 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $802 (exactly $802) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,507) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 27 |
| 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 1520% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Lemmings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Lemmings
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 468 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
All pairs with Lemmings
No pair with Lemmings has 25 games yet.
Comparable games
Forts 2017 · $9.5M 
Zombie Night Terror 2016 · $1.3M 
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse 2021 · $1.1M 
HUMANITY 2023 · $439k 
Contraption Maker 2014 · $359k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forts | older | $14.99 | 21,216 92% | 636k | $9.5M (exactly $9,540,835) | EarthWork Games |
| | Zombie Night Terror | older | $12.99 | 3,352 93% | 101k | $1.3M (exactly $1,306,274) | NoClip |
| | Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse | older | $19.99 | 1,781 89% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,068,066) | Aspyr |
| | HUMANITY | older | $29.99 | 488 92% | 15k | $439k (exactly $439,054) | tha ltd., Enhance |
| | Contraption Maker | older | $12.99 | 922 92% | 28k | $359k (exactly $359,303) | Kevin Ryan |
 | StrikeForce Kitty | older | $9.99 | 1,002 89% | 30k | $300k (exactly $300,299) | Creepy Brothers |
 | Craftlings | $19.99 | 311 86% | 9.3k | $187k (exactly $186,507) | ARIANO Games GmbH | |
 | Tethered | older | $18.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $114k (exactly $113,940) | Secret Sorcery Limited |
 | Cargo! The Quest for Gravity | older | $9.99 | 312 83% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,506) | Ice-Pick Lodge |
 | Moons Of Darsalon | older | $19.67 | 131 78% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,303) | Dr. Kucho! Games |
 | Tempopo | $19.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Witch Beam | |
 | Necrotyper | $14.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Vildiur | |
 | Grooveyard | $4.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | GuavaGoose Games | |
 | For the Crown | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gierki Dev | |
 | Nickelodeon Splat Pack | $14.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Mighty Rabbit Studios | |
 | Scurry | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Identical Forest | |
 | Inflatum | $8.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | Michael Henderson, Inflatum Forum, Infl… (Michael Henderson, Inflatum Forum, Inflatum Announcements) | |
 | Pit Pioneers | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Shearware | |
 | Mine Safety | $0.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | DIG Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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