Niche

2D Platformer + Metroidvania

Games tagged both 2D Platformer and Metroidvania: 172 indie paid launches, 23 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 26,291 indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, data of 3 Oct 2026. How it is measured.

Price $10 to $20

All prices1 in 15 hit $100k+Under $51 in 238 hit $100k+$5 to $101 in 28 hit $100k+$10 to $2020 in 100 hit $100k+$20 to $4044 in 100 hit $100k+

Base rate: indie paid launches 12 to 36 months old, 26,291 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.

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$10 to $20 100+ launches Reset

Showing 2D Platformer + Metroidvania priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 100 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats 2D Platformer and is about level with Metroidvania; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.

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?$10 to $20

51 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.

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2NDRunner-up

Tag one2D Platformer

15.8in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds15.8 in 100

Typical earnings$8,758

Launches311 / 49 hits

Pairno reading

--No reading

This pair2D Platformer + Metroidvania

--too few
to read

Odds--

Typical earnings--

Launches51

51 launches, under your minimum sample of 100.

1STWinner

Tag twoMetroidvania

27.1in 100 earned
$100k+

Odds27.1 in 100

Typical earnings$29,685

Launches129 / 35 hits

Pairno reading

All indie launches $10 to $20: 20.4 in 100 earned $100k+, typical $10,978, from 4,304 launches.each block is 2 in 100 all indie at $10 to $20

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 prices172 in pair Under $557 in pair $5 to $1056 in pair $10 to $2051 in pair$20 to $408: too few

What the overlap means

The overlap is this niche: the 51 games tagged both 2D Platformer and Metroidvania priced $10 to $20. 27.5 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 13.5 in 100 for 2D Platformer-only games and 26.9 in 100 for Metroidvania-only games, so the mix beats 2D Platformer alone and is about level with Metroidvania alone.

Both: 51 games priced $10 to $20; 27.5 in 100 earned $100k+, odds by size $1k+ 92 in 100 · $10k+ 73 in 100 · $100k+ 27 in 100.

Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 51 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

Laika: Aged Through Bloodleads this pair14.2%

PairLaika: Aged Through Blood14.2%

2D PlatformerNeva6.9%

MetroidvaniaHollow Knight: Silksong72.4%

CheckOne game over half?no

NextNearest hitsnot computed yet

Lens checkHolds in 3 of 3. Standard: the base the others are compared with. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: holds.

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ComparablesFree until launchClick to unlockWho leads 2D Platformer + Metroidvania

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

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The leaders, in words

Laika: Aged Through Blood earned 14.2% of the estimated first-year money of the 172 2D Platformer + Metroidvania launches.
2D Platformer is led by Neva, with 6.9% of its money.
Metroidvania is led by Hollow Knight: Silksong, with 72.4% 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

2D Platformer + Metroidvania holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

2D Platformer + Metroidvania through every lens, all prices
This pair	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view165 of 172 launches	Without the breakout171 of 172 launches	Last 18 months46 of 172 launches
Launches counted	17223 hits	16521 hits	17122 hits	466 hits
Earned $100k+	13.4 in 100	12.7 in 100	12.9 in 100	13.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings	$2,054top tenth $210,321+	$2,070	$2,033	under 100 launches
Chance against standard	the base	-4.8%0.6 fewer in 100	-3.8%0.5 fewer in 100	-2.5%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+0.8%$16 more	-1.0%$21 less	under 100 launches
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D Platformer and Metroidvania, 12 to 36 months old: 172 launches.

Launches counted: 17223 hits
Earned $100k+: 13.4 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $2,054top tenth $210,321+
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: 7 of 172 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 16521 hits
Earned $100k+: 12.7 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $2,070
Chance against standard: -4.8%0.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +0.8%$16 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Laika: Aged Through Blood (14.2% of the money): 171 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 17122 hits
Earned $100k+: 12.9 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $2,033
Chance against standard: -3.8%0.5 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -1.0%$21 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 46 of 172.

Launches counted: 466 hits
Earned $100k+: 13.0 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: under 100 launches
Chance against standard: -2.5%0.3 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: under 100 launches

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged both 2D Platformer and Metroidvania, 12 to 36 months old: 172 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: 7 of 172 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, Laika: Aged Through Blood (14.2% of the money): 171 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: 46 of 172.

2D Platformer holds in West-facing view, Without the breakout and Last 18 months. No lens moves the chance or typical earnings more than chance alone would.

2D Platformer through every lens, all prices
2D Platformer	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view2,293 of 2,529 launches	Without the breakout2,528 of 2,529 launches	Last 18 months684 of 2,529 launches
Launches counted	2,52985 hits	2,29377 hits	2,52884 hits	68426 hits
Earned $100k+	3.4 in 1001 in 30	3.4 in 1001 in 30	3.3 in 1001 in 30	3.8 in 1001 in 26
Typical first-year earnings	$186top tenth $11,185+	$199	$186	$179
Chance against standard	the base	-0.1%no change	-1.1%no change	+13.1%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+7.0%$13 more	0.0%no change	-3.8%$7 less
Does it hold?	The base view	Holds	Holds	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged 2D Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 2,529 launches.

Launches counted: 2,52985 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.4 in 1001 in 30
Typical first-year earnings: $186top tenth $11,185+
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: 236 of 2,529 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 2,29377 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.4 in 1001 in 30
Typical first-year earnings: $199
Chance against standard: -0.1%no change
Typical against standard: +7.0%$13 more

Without the breakoutHolds

Drops the single biggest earner, Neva (6.9% of the money): 2,528 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 2,52884 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.3 in 1001 in 30
Typical first-year earnings: $186
Chance against standard: -1.1%no change
Typical against standard: 0.0%no change

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 684 of 2,529.

Launches counted: 68426 hits
Earned $100k+: 3.8 in 1001 in 26
Typical first-year earnings: $179
Chance against standard: +13.1%0.4 more in 100
Typical against standard: -3.8%$7 less

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged 2D Platformer, 12 to 36 months old: 2,529 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: 236 of 2,529 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, Neva (6.9% of the money): 2,528 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: 684 of 2,529.

Metroidvania is one-hit market +1: one game earned over half the money, and 1 more lens too. It holds in Last 18 months.

Metroidvania through every lens, all prices
Metroidvania	BaseStandardevery launch	West-facing view356 of 368 launches	Without the breakout367 of 368 launches	Last 18 months106 of 368 launches
Launches counted	36858 hits	35654 hits	36757 hits	10613 hits
Earned $100k+	15.8 in 100	15.2 in 100	15.5 in 100	12.3 in 100
Typical first-year earnings	$2,991top tenth $229,514+	$3,052	$2,928	$3,065
Chance against standard	the base	-3.8%0.6 fewer in 100	-1.5%0.2 fewer in 100	-22.2%3.5 fewer in 100
Typical against standard	the base	+2.0%$61 more	-2.1%$63 less	+2.5%$74 more
Does it hold?	The base view	Moves the answer	Moves the answer	Holds

BaseStandardThe base view

Every indie paid launch tagged Metroidvania, 12 to 36 months old: 368 launches.

Launches counted: 36858 hits
Earned $100k+: 15.8 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $2,991top tenth $229,514+
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: 12 of 368 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.

Launches counted: 35654 hits
Earned $100k+: 15.2 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $3,052
Chance against standard: -3.8%0.6 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +2.0%$61 more

Without the breakoutMoves the answer

Drops the single biggest earner, Hollow Knight: Silksong (72.4% of the money): 367 launches left. It moves the answer when that one game earned over half the money.

Launches counted: 36757 hits
Earned $100k+: 15.5 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $2,928
Chance against standard: -1.5%0.2 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: -2.1%$63 less

Last 18 monthsHolds

Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 106 of 368.

Launches counted: 10613 hits
Earned $100k+: 12.3 in 100
Typical first-year earnings: $3,065
Chance against standard: -22.2%3.5 fewer in 100
Typical against standard: +2.5%$74 more

Standard: Every indie paid launch tagged Metroidvania, 12 to 36 months old: 368 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: 12 of 368 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, Hollow Knight: Silksong (72.4% of the money): 367 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: 106 of 368.

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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