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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Psychological Horror
Only 9 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, MY HERO ACADEMIA: All’s Justice, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $810 against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,799) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,376,770) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 1700% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Psychological Horror
- 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
- $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 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 64% positive over 4,555 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
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
Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash 2024 · $5.5M 
MY HERO ACADEMIA: All’s Justice 2026 · $1.4M 
Fight of Animals 2019 · $119k 
Fear of Hot Water Ghost 2025 · $24k 
DzombZ 2023 · EA · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash | older | $59.99 | 3,051 60% | 92k | $5.5M (exactly $5,490,885) | Byking Inc. |
| | MY HERO ACADEMIA: All’s Justice | $59.99 | 765 63% | 23k | $1.4M (exactly $1,376,770) | Byking Inc. | |
| | Fight of Animals | older | $9.99 | 396 92% | 12k | $119k (exactly $118,681) | Digital Crafter |
| | Fear of Hot Water Ghost | $4.99 | 159 69% | 4.8k | $24k (exactly $23,802) | nStarcube | |
| | DzombZ | · EA older | $12.99 | 29 68% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Houari Mohamed Amine |
 | Save Daddy Trump | older | $4.99 | 65 81% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | Tero Lunkka, BlackThug |
 | The Bible - Exodus | older | $6.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $5.2k (exactly $5,242) | Paulo Robson Allonso |
 | RUN HARE RUN | older | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | High and Wide |
 | Nekurogahara: Ronin Psyche | $39.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $4.8k (exactly $4,799) | n1lknarf | |
 | Eruption 爆发 | · EA older | $4.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | DBH |
 | Nemunai | $6.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | DavMY Studios | |
 | Deadly Joy | $2.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Napping Penguin | |
 | Last Stand: Zombie Horde | $1.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | KOZGAMES | |
 | Backrooms: Poolrooms | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Mascot Bro Studio | |
 | Coin Hunter | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Autistic players Studio |
 | Find The Keys | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nihad Muhammad |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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