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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + 2D Platformer
Only 16 developers shipped a 2D Platformer Third-Person Shooter 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, Touhou Iyuushou ~ What the Bullet Hell?!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $10,789) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 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
- Third-Person Shooter, 2D Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 84% positive over 71 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Dad Quest 2018 · $39k 
Welcome Back To 2007 2018 · $34k 
Zombodesert 2024 · $18k 
Mess Adventures 2 2022 · $13k 
Touhou Iyuushou ~ What the Bullet Hell?! 2025 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dad Quest | older | $12.99 | 101 86% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | Sundae Month |
| | Welcome Back To 2007 | older | $4.99 | 227 77% | 6.8k | $34k (exactly $33,982) | Siberian Mouse |
| | Zombodesert | older | $49.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $18k (exactly $17,996) | Gamesforgames |
| | Mess Adventures 2 | older | $4.99 | 86 81% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | Marvelous Games |
| | Touhou Iyuushou ~ What the Bullet Hell?! | $9.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Cyoltose, 雨夜枫雪制作组 , 雾雨威Channel, 神心飘游堂,… (Cyoltose, 雨夜枫雪制作组 , 雾雨威Channel, 神心飘游堂, 阐幽赜书房) | |
 | Guilty Force: Wish of the Colony | older | $9.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | DarkExecutor |
 | Eva：Final Mission | older | $2.99 | 79 75% | 2.4k | $7.1k (exactly $7,086) | 拾光创梦, quan_home |
 | 惑星游侠-Planet Rogue | older | $16.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $5.1k (exactly $5,097) | 赛里斯南方游戏工作室 [Sinae South Game Studio] |
 | Biomech Hell | older | $6.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | SEEP |
 | Danger Drone | older | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | Super Weapon Master 超级武器大师 | $3.99 | 21 57% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Idea Cat | |
 | CHROMA+ELEKTRON | · EA | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Eric·ZDW |
 | Angry Bean | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | DeadQueen Studios | |
 | Record of Beautiful Men and Beautiful Women | $2.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | TITK GAME | |
 | Galaxy CocoA | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | BuriGame | |
 | Y.E.L.L. | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Y.E.L.L. Crew | |
 | Ain't No Surprise | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Finnsoft | |
 | RETRO ROBOTS 2D | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Daniel Martínez Martínez-Pardo | |
 | Bullet Voyage | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Wending Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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