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Should I ship a Dystopian 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Dystopian
Only 10 developers shipped a Dystopian 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, Metal Combat, 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, ×6.0 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 $240 against a market of $1.5k. 24 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 down 10% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter
- Price point
- $5.00 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 85% positive over 20 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 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
I See Red 2022 · $32k 
Timewell: Trail of Celestes 2022 · $11k 
RUN HARE RUN 2020 · $5.2k 
GunFu Fighter 2023 · $4.3k 
不朽之刃/Blade of Immortality 2023 · $2.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I See Red | older | $9.99 | 106 90% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $31,768) | Whiteboard Games |
| | Timewell: Trail of Celestes | older | $17.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $11k (exactly $10,794) | OZBER CIN |
| | RUN HARE RUN | older | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | High and Wide |
| | GunFu Fighter | older | $4.99 | 29 68% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | ZHANG FAN |
| | 不朽之刃/Blade of Immortality | older | $6.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Mr. Undead |
 | Metal Combat | $5.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Solar Studios | |
 | ONAR - Off World Fighter | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Enter Yes Interactive | |
 | It'sRoachTime! | · EA older | $2.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Roach Team |
 | Lost Girl | older | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | NWGame |
 | Bloody Feet | older | $4.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | MCGame |
 | Deltascention | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MRBartz | |
 | R.E.M. Rage | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Roger Eduardo de Couto | |
 | Forged In Fury | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Henrik Holm | |
 | CORE | · EA | $5.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | FrankFurtFiggleHorn |
 | POTUS vs. The World! | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | F.a. Forge | |
 | PUP BOY COWBOY: Infinite Desert Edition | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | JaVaRwY, VGSharp | |
 | Catch These Hands | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MissilexCrisis |
 | Body Pillow Royal | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MuteCanary |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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