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Should I ship an AI 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Artificial Intelligence
Only 13 developers shipped an AI 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, AI-deal-Rays [General Edition], made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,126) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Artificial Intelligence
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 3D Platformer, Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Linear
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 7 games average 65% positive over 142 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
Boxing Club Manager 2022 · $104k 
Trailer Shop Simulator 2021 · $40k 
AI-deal-Rays [General Edition] 2025 · $20k 
История бомжа 2020 · $7.8k 
Fat Prisoner Simulator 3 2021 · $2.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Boxing Club Manager | older | $39.99 | 87 57% | 2.6k | $104k (exactly $104,374) | Alternative Software Ltd |
| | Trailer Shop Simulator | older | $4.99 | 265 73% | 8.0k | $40k (exactly $39,670) | GidAzGames |
| | AI-deal-Rays [General Edition] | $5.99 | 112 58% | 3.4k | $20k (exactly $20,126) | Riez-ON | |
| | История бомжа | older | $4.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Quarlellle |
| | Fat Prisoner Simulator 3 | older | $0.99 | 93 89% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,762) | Kiddy |
 | Project RAZE: Fall of Terra | · EA | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | FearForge Studios |
 | MBHL20 | older | $4.99 | 13 46% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Halt Studios |
 | Winnie The Pooh: The Serial Killer | older | $3.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Ambitious Shark |
 | Broombot Battlegrounds | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | The Cleanup Kings LLC |
 | Assassin of Monsters | $3.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Saylor games | |
 | Arena Fighter | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | TAHA Games | |
 | Real Or Fake | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Jsumin08 | |
 | Bulletproof Tank Adventure | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | HAPPYTECH | |
 | ZeroPoint | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Aysert Games |
 | Robot Rampage | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Robert MacRae | |
 | Blade of Jinshu | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Travis Carpenter | |
 | The Drone Lord | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ian Chambers |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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