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Should I ship a Crime 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Crime
Only 7 developers shipped a Crime 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, Kraken City, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $1.5k. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $28,293) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 up 200% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Crime
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter
- 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 18,158 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 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
Judgment 2022 · $11M 
Lost Judgment 2022 · $9.0M 
NightClub Simulator 2024 · EA · $182k 
Kraken City 2024 · $28k 
Revenge of the Boxer: Moscow Criminality 2024 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Judgment | older | $39.99 | 9,407 93% | 282k | $11M (exactly $11,285,578) | RGG Studio |
| | Lost Judgment | older | $39.99 | 7,461 93% | 224k | $9.0M (exactly $8,950,962) | RGG Studio |
| | NightClub Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 869 92% | 26k | $182k (exactly $182,229) | mandegames |
| | Kraken City | $4.99 | 189 67% | 5.7k | $28k (exactly $28,293) | nStarcube | |
| | Revenge of the Boxer: Moscow Criminality | older | $4.99 | 166 90% | 5.0k | $25k (exactly $24,850) | Alligator Friends Software |
 | Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki | older | $12.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Kenzo Games |
 | Eruption 爆发 | · EA older | $4.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | DBH |
 | Winnie The Pooh: The Serial Killer | older | $3.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Ambitious Shark |
 | AMID THE LINES | older | $6.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | IBRAHIM SAWFAN |
 | Combatant | older | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | GamesBraz |
 | The Final Shuffle | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | KaashFusionStudio | |
 | Russian prison | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Queen of pain | |
 | BedTimeStory | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | eeKim, Hyeonjik Son, JoJJoong, Sena Min… (eeKim, Hyeonjik Son, JoJJoong, Sena Min, Nina, Gun Kang, Woosung Kim, ciel45, Seohyun Yoon) | |
 | Home Invaders | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Umongus | |
 | Remonstrator | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Rev Team | |
 | Slap Fighter | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Curious Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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