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Should I ship a Bullet Time 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Bullet Time
Only 7 developers shipped a Bullet Time 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, Prop Sumo, 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 $50. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) |
| Top 5% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Bullet Time
- 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, Bullet Time
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,050 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 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
NightClub Simulator 2024 · EA · $182k 
Bakemono - Demon Brigade Tenmen Unit 01 2020 · EA · $10k 
Input Chaos 2022 · $4.5k 
GunFu Fighter 2023 · $4.3k 
Prop Sumo 2026 · $3.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | NightClub Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 869 92% | 26k | $182k (exactly $182,229) | mandegames |
| | Bakemono - Demon Brigade Tenmen Unit 01 | · EA older | $19.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | SuperSane Games |
| | Input Chaos | older | $3.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | anthund |
| | GunFu Fighter | older | $4.99 | 29 68% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | ZHANG FAN |
| | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | VReken | · EA older | $24.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $3.0k (exactly $2,999) | Acode Studios |
 | Guns & Fishes | · EA older | $1.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $1.7k (exactly $1,672) | Cavalry |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya | |
 | CPU Invaders - Movie Attack | $0.99 | 42 100% | 1.3k | $1.2k (exactly $1,247) | Microblast Games | |
 | Hellfire Rampage VR | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nazar Korinnyi | |
 | Blade of Jinshu | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Travis Carpenter | |
 | Cosmo Crush | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zi-Zi | |
 | BiuBiu | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GameFox |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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