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Should I ship a Mystery 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Mystery
Only 10 developers shipped a Mystery 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, Kromlech, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150, ×0.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper, while revenue is up 125% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 5% | $122k (exactly $122,359) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 23 |
| 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 up 125% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Mystery
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 60% positive over 198 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Judgment 2022 · $11M 
Kromlech 2026 · EA · $122k 
Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising 2022 · $106k 
Spider Queen cave 2023 · $91k 
Firelight Fantasy: Vengeance 2022 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Judgment | older | $39.99 | 9,407 93% | 282k | $11M (exactly $11,285,578) | RGG Studio |
| | Kromlech | · EA | $29.99 | 136 65% | 4.1k | $122k (exactly $122,359) | Perun Creative |
| | Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising | older | $49.99 | 71 42% | 2.1k | $106k (exactly $106,479) | Flux Games |
| | Spider Queen cave | older | $18.99 | 159 40% | 4.8k | $91k (exactly $90,582) | 帅宅快乐屋 |
| | Firelight Fantasy: Vengeance | older | $13.99 | 142 79% | 4.3k | $60k (exactly $59,597) | Quacky Games |
 | Omen of Sorrow | older | $19.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | AOne Games |
 | Project Three | · EA | $7.99 | 39 23% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | The Only Way Out |
 | VR Immortal Fight | older | $4.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Saturn VR, NipsApp Game Studios |
 | Save Daddy Trump 3: Rise Of Evil | older | $4.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software, NTStudi… (Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software, NTStudios, Blackthug) |
 | Cat Life | · EA older | $8.90 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.9k (exactly $2,937) | RedMoon Studio |
 | Zilar: Empire Of The Underground | $4.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Sthard Game | |
 | Ars Vox Arcana | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | CoralHeavens |
 | The Christopher Redemption - I | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Secernate Games Private Limited | |
 | BlackLaceAssassins | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | VirtualDelightsPro | |
 | PUP BOY COWBOY: Infinite Desert Edition | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | JaVaRwY, VGSharp | |
 | Mystic Origins | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Matthew Lalande | |
 | SETVR XL-Unleashed | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Suffescom Solutions Inc. | |
 | Quantum Lotto Machine | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Quantum Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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