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Should I ship a Building 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Building
Only 11 developers shipped a 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, Fight School Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $68k (exactly $68,032) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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: 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
- 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, Building
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 86% positive over 253 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 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
Gym Simulator 24 2024 · $986k 
Fight School Simulator 2025 · $68k 
Angry Putin 2022 · $4.2k 
Bastion of Valor 2025 · EA · $2.5k 
Battle Tops 2021 · $2.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
| | Fight School Simulator | $9.99 | 227 88% | 6.8k | $68k (exactly $68,032) | Queen | |
| | Angry Putin | older | $0.99 | 140 91% | 4.2k | $4.2k (exactly $4,158) | Seito Games |
| | Bastion of Valor | · EA | $11.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Badger Game Studios |
| | Battle Tops | older | $3.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | Dylan |
 | Nightron Wars | older | $10.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | TearStorm Entertainment |
 | Kings of Cratia | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | eniscoskun | |
 | Scrap Games | older | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | QuickBytes Studio |
 | SHARP FISTS | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | WANG LUGUANG | |
 | BULLET HEAT | older | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | BULLET HEAT Team |
 | 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 | |
 | Apex Ascent | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Avenax | |
 | Trytka | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Trytka Games | |
 | Buzz Wars | $4.20 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DrunkenTurnip | |
 | Grainhold | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CreakGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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