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Should I ship a Loot 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Loot
Only 11 developers shipped a Loot 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, Cultivation Magic World, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) |
| Top 5% | $108k (exactly $107,557) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 165% more developers than 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
- Loot
- 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, Loot
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 77% positive over 312 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Cultivation Magic World 2026 · EA · $108k 
История бомжа 2020 · $7.8k 
Tutien Path 2025 · $7.2k 
冬眠（hibernation） 2024 · $3.4k 
Flannel Amethyst 2021 · $3.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
| | История бомжа | older | $4.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Quarlellle |
| | Tutien Path | $14.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Truong Thanh Triet | |
| | 冬眠（hibernation） | older | $6.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | 玄机子 |
| | Flannel Amethyst | older | $4.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Valkeala Software |
 | Đồng Cỏ Lau - The Reed Field | · EA | $7.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Nguyen Quoc Khang |
 | Nightron Wars | older | $10.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | TearStorm Entertainment |
 | Tapper's Fiefdom | · EA | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Fading Interactive |
 | Panda legend | older | $1.00 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $1.1k (exactly $1,050) | 淤馨致志科技有限公司 |
 | Arrow Dungeon | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | ParkDol | |
 | Peasant Kingdom | · EA older | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Milord Softworks |
 | Kill the horde | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | XF Games | |
 | EarthDaddy | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 星际电竞大学野校长 | |
 | Area51 | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jon Fabris | |
 | Blade of Jinshu | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Travis Carpenter | |
 | Sword World VR | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chubby Knight Workshop |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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