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Should I ship a Horror 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Horror
Of 29 developers who shipped a Horror 3D Fighter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $23k, ×16 the market median. Revenue is up 270% on the market; 30 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,802) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 73 |
| Announced | 30 |
| 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 270% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Horror
- 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Exploration, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 3,095 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
GORN 2019 · $4.5M 
近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau 2024 · $833k 
Spider Queen cave 2023 · $91k 
Skeletal Avenger 2021 · $81k 
Fear of Hot Water Ghost 2025 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GORN | older | $19.99 | 7,449 94% | 223k | $4.5M (exactly $4,467,165) | Free Lives |
| | 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau | $9.99 | 2,780 92% | 83k | $833k (exactly $833,166) | Noto Muteki | |
| | Spider Queen cave | older | $18.99 | 159 40% | 4.8k | $91k (exactly $90,582) | 帅宅快乐屋 |
| | Skeletal Avenger | older | $16.99 | 158 82% | 4.7k | $81k (exactly $80,533) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Fear of Hot Water Ghost | $4.99 | 159 69% | 4.8k | $24k (exactly $23,802) | nStarcube | |
 | Omen of Sorrow | older | $19.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | AOne Games |
 | Vienkiemis | · EA | $12.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $17,147) | dssob, SMEIVIS |
 | DzombZ | · EA older | $12.99 | 29 68% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Houari Mohamed Amine |
 | 69 Ways to Kill a Zombie | older | $4.99 | 70 64% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Wadup Games |
 | Save Daddy Trump | older | $4.99 | 65 81% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | Tero Lunkka, BlackThug |
 | Project Three | · EA | $7.99 | 39 23% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | The Only Way Out |
 | Nekurogahara: Ronin Psyche | $39.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $4.8k (exactly $4,799) | n1lknarf | |
 | Slasher | $4.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Horrid Vision LLC | |
 | Carnal Rage | $9.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | TailsUp4Tyranno | |
 | Maya : Ek Pishachini | $4.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Akshat Softwares | |
 | Đồng Cỏ Lau - The Reed Field | · EA | $7.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Nguyen Quoc Khang |
 | Hunter Moonstrike : Ai NPCs version | $15.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.9k (exactly $1,919) | 10nstudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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