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Should I ship a Base Building 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Base Building
Only 11 developers shipped a Base Building 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, Dynasty Protocol, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,529) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $19,429) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Base Building
- 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, Base Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 73% positive over 144 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
Comparable games
Dynasty Protocol 2026 · $19k 
Vienkiemis 2026 · EA · $17k 
Wild Alone 2025 · $13k 
Bastion of Valor 2025 · EA · $2.5k 
Kings of Cratia 2025 · $1.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dynasty Protocol | $17.99 | 36 63% | 1.1k | $19k (exactly $19,429) | Ellipses Studios | |
| | Vienkiemis | · EA | $12.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $17,147) | dssob, SMEIVIS |
| | Wild Alone | $10.99 | 38 47% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,529) | Wild Alone 21 | |
| | Bastion of Valor | · EA | $11.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Badger Game Studios |
| | Kings of Cratia | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | eniscoskun | |
 | SHARP FISTS | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | WANG LUGUANG | |
 | Peasant Kingdom | · EA older | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Milord Softworks |
 | Broken Defense | · EA | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Sindre Skjellestad |
 | The Azmodeus Project | older | $10.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | Phero Games |
 | Base Blitz | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Soup's House | |
 | Build & Survive | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Esti Soft | |
 | Buzz Wars | $4.20 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DrunkenTurnip |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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