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Should I ship an Adventure 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Adventure
Of 167 developers who shipped an Adventure 3D Fighter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 236 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 88 developers shipped in the last year and 236 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $122k (exactly $122,359) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 167 |
| Released games | 595 |
| Announced | 236 |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Adventure
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Adventure; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 37,099 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 124 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 236 games are announced against 88 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 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
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Lost Judgment 2022 · $9.0M 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles | older | $59.99 | 16,545 87% | 496k | $30M (exactly $29,776,036) | CyberConnect2 |
| | Half Sword | · EA | $24.99 | 28,656 71% | 860k | $21M (exactly $21,483,403) | Half Sword Games |
| | Judgment | older | $39.99 | 9,407 93% | 282k | $11M (exactly $11,285,578) | RGG Studio |
| | Lost Judgment | older | $39.99 | 7,461 93% | 224k | $9.0M (exactly $8,950,962) | RGG Studio |
| | NARUTO X BORUTO Ultimate Ninja STORM CONNECTIONS | older | $59.99 | 3,881 62% | 116k | $7.0M (exactly $6,984,636) | CyberConnect2 Co., Ltd. |
 | NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD | older | $19.99 | 10,749 89% | 322k | $6.4M (exactly $6,446,175) | CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. |
 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
 | NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM | older | $19.99 | 5,986 76% | 180k | $3.6M (exactly $3,589,804) | CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. |
 | UNDERDOGS | older | $29.99 | 2,788 97% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,508,364) | One Hamsa |
 | Samson | $24.99 | 2,911 54% | 87k | $2.2M (exactly $2,182,377) | Liquid Swords | |
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 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed | $39.99 | 114 50% | 3.4k | $137k (exactly $136,766) | AHEARTFULOFGAMES | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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