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Should I ship a Crafting 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Crafting
Only 14 developers shipped a Crafting 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.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper, while revenue is up 3010% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $810 (exactly $810) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,529) |
| Top 5% | $68k (exactly $68,032) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 up 3010% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Crafting
- 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, Crafting
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 627 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
Fight School Simulator 2025 · $68k 
ShipCrafter 2025 · EA · $50k 
Trailer Shop Simulator 2021 · $40k 
Parking Tycoon 2: Business Simulator 2026 · EA · $30k 
Wild Alone 2025 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fight School Simulator | $9.99 | 227 88% | 6.8k | $68k (exactly $68,032) | Queen | |
| | ShipCrafter | · EA | $7.99 | 209 90% | 6.3k | $50k (exactly $50,097) | Myrmecoman |
| | Trailer Shop Simulator | older | $4.99 | 265 73% | 8.0k | $40k (exactly $39,670) | GidAzGames |
| | Parking Tycoon 2: Business Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 76 43% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $29,617) | Geekon |
| | Wild Alone | $10.99 | 38 47% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,529) | Wild Alone 21 | |
 | Tutien Path | $14.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Truong Thanh Triet | |
 | Survive The Dark | · EA older | $4.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | bHaptics Inc. |
 | Doctor Pigeon Simulator | $4.00 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,120) | Peperoni Games | |
 | 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 |
 | The Joust | $1.00 | 27 92% | 810 | $810 (exactly $810) | The Joust | |
 | No Final Run | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Nordstern | |
 | Build & Survive | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Esti Soft | |
 | World Without | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Neo Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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