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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer
Of 1,640 developers who shipped a Puzzle Platformer 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.. 2,456 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 885 developers shipped in the last year and 2,456 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $360 (exactly $360) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) |
| Top 5% | $54k (exactly $53,964) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 1,640 |
| Released games | 6,235 |
| Announced | 2,456 |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 120,920 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 994 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 2,456 games are announced against 885 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
All pairs with Puzzle Platformer
- Golf + Puzzle Platformer Dead $179
- Puzzle Platformer + Match 3 Dead $178
- Strategy + Puzzle Platformer Dead $150
- Puzzle Platformer + Runner Dead $150
- Immersive Sim + Puzzle Platformer Dead $150
- Choices Matter + Puzzle Platformer Dead $120
- Action Roguelike + Puzzle Platformer Dead $120
- Puzzle Platformer + Trivia Dead $119
- Third-Person Shooter + Puzzle Platformer Dead $119
- RTS + Puzzle Platformer Dead $119
- Puzzle Platformer + Spelling Dead $119
- Puzzle Platformer + Roguelike Dead $90
- Puzzle Platformer + Tabletop Dead $90
- Puzzle Platformer + Word Game Dead $90
- Puzzle Platformer + Roguelite Dead $90
- Resource Management + Puzzle Platformer Dead $89
- Strategy RPG + Puzzle Platformer Dead $59
- Tactical + Puzzle Platformer Dead $0
- Beat 'em up + Puzzle Platformer Dead $0
- Puzzle Platformer + Shoot 'Em Up Dead $0
Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Portal 2 2011 · $117M 
Human Fall Flat 2016 · $105M 
Celeste 2018 · $79M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | Portal 2 | older | $9.99 | 390,412 98% | 12M | $117M (exactly $117,006,476) | Valve |
| | Human Fall Flat | older | $19.99 | 174,835 94% | 5.2M | $105M (exactly $104,848,549) | No Brakes Games |
| | Celeste | older | $19.99 | 132,072 97% | 4.0M | $79M (exactly $79,203,578) | Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Ga… (Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Games, Ltd.) |
 | INSIDE | older | $24.99 | 69,791 97% | 2.1M | $52M (exactly $52,322,313) | Playdead |
 | Portal | older | $9.99 | 173,594 98% | 5.2M | $52M (exactly $52,026,122) | Valve |
 | Little Nightmares II | older | $29.99 | 50,280 92% | 1.5M | $45M (exactly $45,236,916) | Tarsier Studios |
 | GRIS | older | $14.99 | 83,857 96% | 2.5M | $38M (exactly $37,710,493) | Nomada Studio |
 | Little Nightmares | older | $19.99 | 52,184 94% | 1.6M | $31M (exactly $31,294,745) | Tarsier Studios |
 | Neva | $19.99 | 9,343 93% | 280k | $5.6M (exactly $5,602,997) | Nomada Studio | |
 | Farever | · EA | $19.99 | 8,968 75% | 269k | $5.4M (exactly $5,378,110) | Shiro Games |
 | Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered | $29.99 | 3,042 90% | 91k | $2.7M (exactly $2,736,887) | Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics | |
 | The Plucky Squire | $29.99 | 2,795 84% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,514,662) | All Possible Futures | |
 | ANTONBLAST | $19.99 | 3,943 95% | 118k | $2.4M (exactly $2,364,617) | Summitsphere | |
 | Threefold Recital | $14.99 | 5,117 98% | 154k | $2.3M (exactly $2,301,115) | Everscape Games | |
 | Öoo | $9.99 | 6,575 99% | 197k | $2.0M (exactly $1,970,528) | NamaTakahashi, tiny cactus studio, Tsuy… (NamaTakahashi, tiny cactus studio, Tsuyomi) | |
 | Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition | $39.99 | 1,484 78% | 45k | $1.8M (exactly $1,780,355) | Myrkur Games | |
 | Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed | $39.99 | 1,275 93% | 38k | $1.5M (exactly $1,529,618) | Purple Lamp |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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