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Should I ship a 3D Fighter CRPG?
3D Fighter + CRPG
Only 4 developers shipped a 3D Fighter CRPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 15 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $60k (exactly $60,014) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, 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
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, CRPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 54% positive over 300 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×11 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
Twelves:Shadow 2025 · $60k 
Ruzar - The Dark Stones 2024 · $11k 
Scarlet Moon 2022 · EA · $10k 
Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki 2024 · $5.8k 
不朽之刃/Blade of Immortality 2023 · $2.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
| | Ruzar - The Dark Stones | older | $17.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $11k (exactly $11,334) | Hammer Glass Studio Inc. |
| | Scarlet Moon | · EA older | $3.99 | 85 77% | 2.6k | $10k (exactly $10,174) | 月亮上的佳宇 |
| | Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki | older | $12.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Kenzo Games |
| | 不朽之刃/Blade of Immortality | older | $6.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Mr. Undead |
 | Dungeons and Female Teachers | older | $7.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | hanqing gu |
 | 牛马模拟器 | · EA | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | BossyuGames |
 | FireFly(萤火) | · EA older | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Guanyan |
 | Hazard School : Bully Fight | older | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | NestorDev |
 | Boulder Island | older | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | mango tea |
 | Home | · EA | $18.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shenzhen Yiling Industrial Design Center |
 | Rinth | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | randomcreations |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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