Niche

2.5D + Puzzle Platformer

Games tagged both 2.5D and Puzzle Platformer: 48 indie paid launches, 0 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.

How to read this page

A hit is an estimated $100k+ first year. Revenue is estimated from Steam reviews, so read figures as "about". Earnings are sales on Steam after discounts and regional prices, before Steam's 30% cut, refunds and sales tax. About 58% of it reaches the developer.
Price moves the odds more than genre does, so the page opens on one price band. The keys in section 2 switch it.
From 26,758 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 2 Nov 2026. How it is measured.

Price Under $5

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 230 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2021 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,758 launches. Odds compare best within one price.

Lens Standard

Standard West-facing view Without the breakout Last 18 months

All indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old. Lens figures exist at all prices only; inside a price band this page shows the standard figures.

Sample 10+

10+ launchesshow small samples 30+ launches 100+ launchesonly big markets

Hides anything measured on fewer launches.

Under $5

Showing 2.5D + Puzzle Platformer priced under $5.

1Scoreboard: the pair against each of its tags

The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.

ScoreboardDoes this pair beat its genres?Under $5

2.5D + Puzzle Platformer is too small to compare with 2.5D and is too small to compare with Puzzle Platformer: 0 of its 20 launches earned $100k+ priced under $5, against 0 of 282 launches for 2.5D and 4 of 694 launches for Puzzle Platformer.

Small sample: 20 launches, 0 hits.

TIEA tie

Tag onemood tag2.5D

0 of 282launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds0 of 282 launches

Typical earnings$118

Launches282 / 0 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

TIEA tie

This pair2.5D + Puzzle Platformer

0 of 20launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds0 of 20 launches

$1k+0 of 20 launches

$10k+0 of 20 launches

Launches20 / 0 hits

Expected0.4 in 100

TIEA tie

Tag twoPuzzle Platformer

4 of 694launches earned
$100k+ small

Odds4 of 694 launches

Typical earnings$81

Launches694 / 4 hits

Pair against ittoo few hits to compare

All indie launches under $5: 0.4 in 100 earned $100k+ (1 in 230), typical $162, from 14,050 launches.each block is 0.5 in 100 all indie at under $52.5D is a mood tag: GMD never ranks it alone, but every game carrying it is counted.

2Overlap: where the two tags meet

Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.4 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 44.2 in 100), so read it within a price band.

Price bandswitches the whole page

All prices48 in pair Under $520 in pair $5 to $1019 in pair$10 to $208: too few$20 to $401: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 20 games tagged both 2.5D and Puzzle Platformer priced under $5. 0 of 20 of them earned $100k+, against 0 of 262 for 2.5D-only games and 4 of 674 for Puzzle Platformer-only games, so the mix is too small to compare with 2.5D alone and is too small to compare with Puzzle Platformer alone.

Both: 20 games priced under $5; 0 of 20 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 0 of 20 launches · $10k+ 0 of 20 launches · $100k+ 0 of 20 launches.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 20 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.

3Comparables

Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.

Comparables

Leaders

Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch

NODEleads this pair46.3%

PairNODE46.3%

2.5DInto the Dead: Our Darkest Days14.9%

Puzzle PlatformerANIMAL WELL23.4%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 1 of 3, 2 too few to tell. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: too few to tell. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: too few to tell.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads 2.5D + Puzzle Platformer

What this card holds

Leaders. The top earner in this pair and in each of its two tags, with its share of the money.
One-hit check. Whether a single game holds over half of the pair's money.
Nearest hits. Similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year: not computed yet.

How the list will be picked

Same tag pairdata ready

Same price banddata ready

Launched within a year of each otherplanned

Earned $100k+planned

The list itselfnot computed yet

Free until launch: one click opens the card.

The leaders, in words

NODE earned 46.3% of the estimated first-year money of the 48 2.5D + Puzzle Platformer launches.
2.5D is led by Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days, with 14.9% of its money.
Puzzle Platformer is led by ANIMAL WELL, with 23.4% of its money.
No game holds over half of this pair's money, so the pair is not a one-hit market.

Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.

Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.

4Lens check: does the answer hold?

The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: games mostly reviewed in Chinese, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.

Does the answer hold?

All prices

2.5D + Puzzle Platformer holds in Without the breakout; too few to tell in West-facing view and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

2.5D + Puzzle Platformer through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view48 of 48 launches	Without the breakout47 of 48 launches	Last 18 months18 of 48 launches
Launches counted	480 hits	480 hits	470 hits	180 hits
Earned $100k+	0 of 48too few for a rate	0 of 48too few for a rate	0 of 47too few for a rate	0 of 18too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+	13 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 33 in 100	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	0.0%no change; too few to tell	0.0%no change	0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	under 100 launches	under 100 launches	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Too few to tell	Holds	Too few to tell

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both 2.5D and Puzzle Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 48 launches.

Launches counted: 480 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 48too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: 13 in 100chance of $10k+; $1k+ 33 in 100
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewToo few to tell

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 48 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 480 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 48too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, NODE (46.3% of the money): 47 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 470 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 47too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Last 18 monthsToo few to tell

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 18 of 48.

Launches counted: 180 hits
Earned $100k+: 0 of 18too few for a rate
Chance of $10k+: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: 0.0%no change; too few to tell
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both 2.5D and Puzzle Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 48 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 0 of 48 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, NODE (46.3% of the money): 47 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 18 of 48.

2.5D is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in West-facing view and Without the breakout.

2.5D through every lens, all prices
2.5D	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view577 of 613 launches	Without the breakout612 of 613 launches	Last 18 months159 of 613 launches
Launches counted	61333 hits	57732 hits	61232 hits	1593 hits
Earned $100k+	5.4 in 1001 in 19	5.5 in 1001 in 18	5.2 in 1001 in 19	3 of 159too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings	$325top tenth $26,312+	$343	$325	$454
Chance against standard	the base	+3.0%0.2 more in 100	-2.9%0.2 fewer in 100	-65.0%3.5 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard	the base	+5.5%$18 more	0.0%no change	+39.7%$129 more
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Moves the answer

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged 2.5D, 12 to 36 months old: 613 launches.

Launches counted: 61333 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.4 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings: $325top tenth $26,312+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewHolds

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 36 of 613 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 57732 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.5 in 1001 in 18
Typical first-year earnings: $343
Chance against standard: +3.0%0.2 more in 100
Typical against standard: +5.5%$18 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (14.9% of the money): 612 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 61232 hits
Earned $100k+: 5.2 in 1001 in 19
Typical first-year earnings: $325
Chance against standard: -2.9%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsMoves the answer

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 159 of 613.

Launches counted: 1593 hits
Earned $100k+: 3 of 159too few for a rate
Typical first-year earnings: $454
Chance against standard: -65.0%3.5 fewer in 100; too few to tell
Typical against standard: +39.7%$129 more

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged 2.5D, 12 to 36 months old: 613 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 36 of 613 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (14.9% of the money): 612 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 159 of 613.

Puzzle Platformer is audience split: West-facing view moves the answer more than chance alone would. It holds in Without the breakout and Last 18 months.

Puzzle Platformer through every lens, all prices
Puzzle Platformer	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view1,102 of 1,154 launches	Without the breakout1,153 of 1,154 launches	Last 18 months330 of 1,154 launches
Launches counted	1,15432 hits	1,10227 hits	1,15331 hits	3308 hits
Earned $100k+	2.8 in 1001 in 36	2.5 in 1001 in 41	2.7 in 1001 in 37	2.4 in 1001 in 41
Typical first-year earnings	$218top tenth $11,158+	$218	$218	$214
Chance against standard	the base	-11.6%0.3 fewer in 100	-3.0%0.1 fewer in 100	-12.6%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	0.0%no change	0.0%no change	-1.8%$4 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 1,154 launches.

Launches counted: 1,15432 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.8 in 1001 in 36
Typical first-year earnings: $218top tenth $11,158+
Chance against standard: the base
Typical against standard: the base

West-facing viewMoves the answer

Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 52 of 1,154 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 1,10227 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.5 in 1001 in 41
Typical first-year earnings: $218
Chance against standard: -11.6%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, ANIMAL WELL (23.4% of the money): 1,153 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 1,15331 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.7 in 1001 in 37
Typical first-year earnings: $218
Chance against standard: -3.0%0.1 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 330 of 1,154.

Launches counted: 3308 hits
Earned $100k+: 2.4 in 1001 in 41
Typical first-year earnings: $214
Chance against standard: -12.6%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -1.8%$4 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Puzzle Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 1,154 launches.
West-facing view: Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games mostly reviewed in Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 52 of 1,154 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Without the breakout: Drops the single biggest earner, ANIMAL WELL (23.4% of the money): 1,153 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.
Last 18 months: Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 330 of 1,154.

A lens moves the chance only when it differs from standard by more than a random cut of the same size would, with 5+ hits on both sides; typical earnings are compared from 100 launches, within 25%. Without the breakout moves the answer when one game earned over half the money. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.

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