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Should I ship a Procedural Generation 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Procedural Generation
Only 10 developers shipped a Procedural Generation 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, Mayhemers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. Revenue is down 75% on the market, with 11 games announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,294) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 75% on the market, supply 50% 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
- Procedural Generation
- 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, Procedural Generation
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 83% positive over 217 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 11 games are announced against 6 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
Buck Up And Drive! 2022 · $153k 
Aggressor 2021 · EA · $103k 
Skeletal Avenger 2021 · $81k 
Swords Fantasy: Battlefield 2023 · EA · $60k 
Firelight Fantasy: Resistance 2021 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Buck Up And Drive! | older | $7.99 | 640 91% | 19k | $153k (exactly $153,408) | Fábio Fontes |
| | Aggressor | · EA older | $19.99 | 172 61% | 5.2k | $103k (exactly $103,148) | Flashpoint Studios |
| | Skeletal Avenger | older | $16.99 | 158 82% | 4.7k | $81k (exactly $80,533) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Swords Fantasy: Battlefield | · EA older | $11.99 | 167 78% | 5.0k | $60k (exactly $60,070) | Quacky Games |
| | Firelight Fantasy: Resistance | older | $11.99 | 165 77% | 5.0k | $59k (exactly $59,350) | Quacky Games |
 | Mayhemers | · EA | $6.99 | 154 84% | 4.6k | $32k (exactly $32,294) | Anigtas |
 | Ninja Remix | $5.00 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $5.9k (exactly $5,850) | Hesoyam | |
 | Input Chaos | older | $3.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | anthund |
 | Mineral Madness | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Whacky Mole Studio | |
 | Tapper's Fiefdom | · EA | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Fading Interactive |
 | No Final Run | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Nordstern | |
 | Broken Defense | · EA | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Sindre Skjellestad |
 | Final Orbit | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | ENBS Dev team | |
 | Glass Monsters | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | SMAR Studio | |
 | Catch These Hands | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MissilexCrisis |
 | SporeWar: RotRising | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WhitePigeonGames, Gavish Bansal |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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