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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Puzzle Platformer
Only 10 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer 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, PathUp!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Puzzle Platformer
- 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, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 82% positive over 23 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Gangsta Magic 2020 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spider Queen cave | older | $18.99 | 159 40% | 4.8k | $91k (exactly $90,582) | 帅宅快乐屋 |
| | No Fair Play | older | $2.99 | 452 90% | 14k | $41k (exactly $40,544) | Self MADev |
| | Stilt | older | $19.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | Rekt Games |
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| | Gangsta Magic | older | $4.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
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 | Vigaro Runner | older | $4.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya | |
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 | Push To Win | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Boink Works |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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