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Should I ship a 2D Platformer 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + 2D Platformer
Only 8 developers shipped a 2D Platformer 3D Fighter 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, Knock'Em Out, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 5% | $57k (exactly $57,288) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 14,633 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ManagementFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureLong shot
- + RhythmLong shot
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R 2022 · $22M 
Knock'Em Out 2025 · $57k 
Mr.Brocco & Co 2022 · $6.3k 
Wood Guy 2023 · $2.1k 
Swordian Hero 2020 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R | older | $49.99 | 14,344 91% | 430k | $22M (exactly $21,511,697) | CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. |
| | Knock'Em Out | $7.99 | 239 85% | 7.2k | $57k (exactly $57,288) | BBear Studio | |
| | Mr.Brocco & Co | older | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | VICTORIA Games |
| | Wood Guy | older | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | YSO CORP |
| | Swordian Hero | older | $7.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Nacks Soft |
 | Trouble In Paradise | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Vista Larga Games | |
 | MUSA | older | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | LENACLASSY Inc. |
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 | Neon Knights | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | VHornet Games | |
 | Backrooms: Poolrooms | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Mascot Bro Studio | |
 | 生命蟲子 | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | JQvQL | |
 | Monster and Snakes 1.1 | $1.65 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Thomas van Esdonk | |
 | Cosmo Crush | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zi-Zi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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