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Should I ship an Action RTS 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Action RTS
Only 11 developers shipped an Action RTS 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, Spirit X Strike, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $900 against a market of $1.5k. 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $158,218) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 200% on the market, supply 45% fewer 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.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- Action RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Action RTS
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 68% positive over 585 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Walking SimulatorFair
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- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Spirit X Strike 2025 · EA · $158k 
Twelves:Shadow 2025 · $60k 
Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang VR 2022 · $9.0k 
DYNABLASTER 2023 · $3.0k 
Final Strategy 2026 · $2.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spirit X Strike | · EA | $12.99 | 406 82% | 12k | $158k (exactly $158,218) | MAICHA STUDIO |
| | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
| | Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang VR | older | $24.99 | 12 50% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Gaming 301 |
| | DYNABLASTER | older | $19.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | BBG Entertainment GmbH |
| | Final Strategy | $12.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Final Strategy Studio | |
 | Unbroken K2 | older | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | KotarosDevgame |
 | SaberStyle | older | $5.99 | 10 40% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Lucky Cat studio |
 | Gore Sword | $9.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Gore Sword Games | |
 | War of the Fourteen Dynasties | older | $7.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Nathan Montgomery |
 | Forest Spring | older | $5.00 | 7 42% | 210 | $1.1k (exactly $1,050) | OAS |
 | 我的修仙世界My Xiuxian World | $16.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.0k (exactly $1,019) | CUI PU XING | |
 | SHARP FISTS | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | WANG LUGUANG | |
 | War Job | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Stupid games | |
 | Iron Skies | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Matthew Lalande | |
 | The Queen Riding Insects | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | liu gao | |
 | 封神演义沙盘模拟器 | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 风驰电掣的土豆 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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