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Should I ship a Score Attack 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Score Attack
Only 15 developers shipped a Score Attack 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, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) |
| Top 5% | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 1110% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Score Attack
- 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, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Fighter, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,719 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, 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
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 · $5.2M 
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 2025 · $881k 
Buck Up And Drive! 2022 · $153k 
Crazy Kung Fu 2023 · $32k 
Mutant Boxing League VR 2024 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
| | Capcom Fighting Collection 2 | $39.99 | 734 85% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | Buck Up And Drive! | older | $7.99 | 640 91% | 19k | $153k (exactly $153,408) | Fábio Fontes |
| | Crazy Kung Fu | older | $14.99 | 71 87% | 2.1k | $32k (exactly $31,929) | Field Of Vision |
| | Mutant Boxing League VR | older | $19.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $20k (exactly $20,390) | Filmic Studios |
 | Steel Knight's ARMIS | $9.99 | 40 57% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Izanami Game Lab, Inc., FORCES | |
 | Candy Smash VR | older | $4.99 | 78 76% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,677) | Wadup Games |
 | Aster Fpv Drone Simulator | older | $19.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Emmanuel Perrillon |
 | Primordial Pain | older | $4.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Jan Malitschek |
 | Revenge Master | older | $4.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | RienSoldovsky |
 | CPU Invaders - Aim Hero | $0.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Microblast Games | |
 | Goofy Golfette | · EA | $13.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $839 (exactly $839) | Tiba Studio |
 | No Final Run | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Nordstern | |
 | Dalafri | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Y.Kageyama | |
 | Inkoid | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Spacecowboy | |
 | Home Invaders | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Umongus | |
 | Bàito | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | drCaron97 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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