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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Parkour game?

Parkour

Of 720 developers who shipped a Parkour game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 1,046 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×378 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 1,046 games are announced against 387 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 35% on the market, 1,046 announced, ×2.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Parkour
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 720
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $836 → $1.1k → $1.0k → $597 → $628 → $449 → $599 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Parkour: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 720
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $483 (exactly $483)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,237)
Top 5% $237k (exactly $237,125)
Developers, 2 yr 720
Released games 2,149
Announced 1,046
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 35% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Parkour
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Parkour
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 203,232 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $480, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $230k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 428 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 1,046 games are announced against 387 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Parkour

110 pairs · ranked by verdict, then medianwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Parkour + Walking Simulator Fair $719 38 devs
  2. Combat Racing + Parkour Fair $719 26 devs
  3. Parkour + Precision Platformer Long shot $359 310 devs
  4. Parkour + Metroidvania Poor odds $80k 8 devs
  5. Parkour + Skateboarding Poor odds $4.8k 11 devs
  6. Parkour + Swordplay Poor odds $4.2k 9 devs
  7. Parkour + Dark Fantasy Poor odds $3.4k 24 devs
  8. Parkour + Hack and Slash Poor odds $3.4k 18 devs
  9. Parkour + Modern Poor odds $3.1k 10 devs
  10. Parkour + Cats Poor odds $3.1k 15 devs
  11. Destruction + Parkour Poor odds $2.9k 10 devs
  12. Parkour + Stealth Poor odds $2.7k 26 devs
  13. Open World + Parkour Poor odds $2.4k 57 devs
  14. Immersive Sim + Parkour Poor odds $2.2k 21 devs
  15. Parkour + Boomer Shooter Poor odds $2.2k 13 devs
  16. Parkour + Robots Poor odds $2.1k 22 devs
  17. Parkour + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds $2.1k 20 devs
  18. FPS + Parkour Poor odds $2.0k 75 devs
  19. Parkour + Action Roguelike Poor odds $1.9k 38 devs
  20. Parkour + Mystery Poor odds $1.9k 28 devs
  21. Online Co-Op + Parkour Poor odds $1.9k 91 devs
  22. Co-op + Parkour Poor odds $1.8k 89 devs
  23. Parkour + Exploration Poor odds $1.8k 163 devs
  24. Parkour + Split Screen Poor odds $1.6k 12 devs
  25. Parkour + Shooter Poor odds $1.6k 62 devs
  26. Parkour + Bullet Time Poor odds $1.5k 20 devs
  27. Third-Person Shooter + Parkour Poor odds $1.2k 15 devs
  28. Parkour + Dystopian Poor odds $1.2k 21 devs
  29. Parkour + Psychological Horror Poor odds $1.0k 72 devs
  30. Parkour + Horror Poor odds $1.0k 39 devs
  31. Parkour + Local Co-Op Poor odds $1.0k 25 devs
  32. Parkour + 4 Player Local Poor odds $1.0k 19 devs
  33. Parkour + Bullet Hell Poor odds $959 13 devs
  34. Parkour + Female Protagonist Poor odds $958 62 devs
  35. Arena Shooter + Parkour Poor odds $899 23 devs
  36. Souls-like + Parkour Poor odds $899 21 devs
  37. Action RPG + Parkour Poor odds $899 16 devs
  38. Character Customization + Parkour Poor odds $898 100 devs
  39. Parkour + Combat Poor odds $898 72 devs
  40. Parkour + Simulation Poor odds $891 105 devs
  41. Parkour + Multiple Endings Poor odds $807 17 devs
  42. Parkour + Survival Horror Poor odds $807 12 devs
  43. Parkour + RPG Poor odds $750 32 devs
  44. PvP + Parkour Poor odds $748 84 devs
  45. Parkour + PvE Poor odds $748 43 devs
  46. Parkour + Roguelike Poor odds $748 37 devs
  47. Parkour + Local Multiplayer Poor odds $748 26 devs
  48. Parkour + Survival Poor odds $748 26 devs
  49. Parkour + Roguelite Poor odds $748 25 devs
  50. Parkour + Time Manipulation Poor odds $748 18 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey 2018 · $310M Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022 · $297M Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M Dying Light 2015 · $280M Titanfall® 2 2020 · $229M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey older $59.99 172,149 89% 5.2M $310M (exactly $309,816,555) Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Shanghai)
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition older $59.99 164,914 79% 4.9M $297M (exactly $296,795,726) Techland
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III older $59.99 157,694 88% 4.7M $284M (exactly $283,801,892) Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac)
Dying Light older $24.99 373,413 95% 11M $280M (exactly $279,947,726) Techland
Titanfall® 2 older $29.99 255,050 95% 7.7M $229M (exactly $229,468,485) Respawn Entertainment
Assassin's Creed® Origins older $59.99 119,764 85% 3.6M $216M (exactly $215,539,271) Ubisoft Montreal
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered older $59.99 101,879 96% 3.1M $183M (exactly $183,351,636) Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ older $69.99 79,990 71% 2.4M $168M (exactly $167,955,003) Respawn
Watch_Dogs® 2 older $49.99 95,242 82% 2.9M $143M (exactly $142,834,427) Ubisoft
Rise of the Tomb Raider™ older $29.99 127,316 94% 3.8M $115M (exactly $114,546,205) Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral… (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux), Nixxes)
Dying Light: The Beast $59.99 59,318 87% 1.8M $107M (exactly $106,754,605) Techland
Assassin’s Creed Shadows $69.99 34,953 75% 1.0M $73M (exactly $73,390,814) Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Bucharest & Craiova, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Osaka, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Ukraine)
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced $59.99 26,652 81% 800k $48M (exactly $47,965,604) Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, U… (Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Romania)
Star Wars Outlaws $69.99 12,268 71% 368k $26M (exactly $25,759,120) Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio
Assassin's Creed Mirage $49.99 11,612 76% 348k $17M (exactly $17,414,516) Ubisoft Bordeaux
Cairn $29.99 18,224 94% 547k $16M (exactly $16,396,133) The Game Bakers
Haste $19.99 12,690 92% 381k $7.6M (exactly $7,610,193) Landfall
White Knuckle · EA $16.99 13,356 98% 401k $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) Dark Machine Games
Echo Point Nova $24.99 7,521 96% 226k $5.6M (exactly $5,638,494) Greylock Studio
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game $24.99 6,638 94% 199k $5.0M (exactly $4,976,509) MLMEDIA

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.