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Should I ship a 3D Fighter MOBA?
MOBA + 3D Fighter
Only 5 developers shipped a paid 3D Fighter MOBA 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, 女神試煉 Quest of Goddess, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $1.3k. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 5% | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 9 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 55%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, 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 10 games average 94% positive over 1,090 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
MageQuit 2019 · $464k 
WizardPunk 2023 · $3.3k 
女神試煉 Quest of Goddess 2024 · $2.7k 
Dream Fight Will 2023 · $2.4k 
ball heroes 2021 · EA · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MageQuit | older | $14.99 | 1,032 94% | 31k | $464k (exactly $464,090) | Bowlcut Studios |
| | WizardPunk | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | City Wizard Games |
| | 女神試煉 Quest of Goddess | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | DNAXCAT CO., LTD. | |
| | Dream Fight Will | older | $7.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | 张亮002 |
| | ball heroes | · EA older | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Chengdu Haowanyou Technologies Co., Ltd |
 | Guardians Of Gaia | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Handmade Games | |
 | Wizard War VR | older | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | TAEHOON KIM |
 | Eternal War | older | $3.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | MaGames |
 | Inkoid | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Spacecowboy | |
 | League of Foes | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Sam Brown Studios | |
 | Capsule Carnage: Don't Press That | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gold Capsule |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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