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Should I ship an Alternate-History 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Alternate History
Only 10 developers shipped an Alternate-History 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, Blood Crawler, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 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 $150 against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $108,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 down 40% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Alternate History
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 76% positive over 310 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different setting or mood, 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
KILL la KILL -IF 2019 · $990k 
Blood Crawler 2025 · $109k 
Aggressor 2021 · EA · $103k 
Hidden Heir 2025 · $3.1k 
눈 떠보니 임진왜란이었다 - Back To the Joseon 2022 · $2.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | KILL la KILL -IF | older | $19.99 | 1,651 72% | 50k | $990k (exactly $990,105) | Arc System Works, APLUS Co., Ltd. |
| | Blood Crawler | $12.99 | 279 76% | 8.4k | $109k (exactly $108,726) | c3アート | |
| | Aggressor | · EA older | $19.99 | 172 61% | 5.2k | $103k (exactly $103,148) | Flashpoint Studios |
| | Hidden Heir | $4.99 | 21 66% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | AYS CODE YAZILIM | |
| | 눈 떠보니 임진왜란이었다 - Back To the Joseon | older | $2.99 | 29 41% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Kim Yusok |
 | IAIDO | older | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Archetype Industry | 原型工业 |
 | Election FighterZ: Kamala vs trump | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Steven Silverstein | |
 | Time of War - Airstrike | · EA | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Complex Games Studio |
 | CORE | · EA | $5.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | FrankFurtFiggleHorn |
 | Remonstrator | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Rev Team | |
 | POTUS vs. The World! | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | F.a. Forge | |
 | Enlil: Rise Of the End | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HAPPYTECH |
 | Samurai Frog | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hayden Lai | |
 | Mega Load On | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pavels Makarovs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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