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Should I ship a Shooter 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Shooter
Of 102 developers who shipped a Shooter 3D Fighter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 130 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 54 developers shipped in the last year and 130 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $16,484) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 102 |
| Released games | 338 |
| Announced | 130 |
| 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 up 115% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Third-Person Shooter, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 4,485 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 67 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 130 games are announced against 54 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
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
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Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD 2012 · $355k 
NightClub Simulator 2024 · EA · $182k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau | $9.99 | 2,780 92% | 83k | $833k (exactly $833,166) | Noto Muteki | |
| | Valkyrie of Phantasm | $29.99 | 556 86% | 17k | $500k (exactly $500,233) | AREAZERO | |
| | BLACKWOOD | $24.99 | 565 46% | 17k | $424k (exactly $423,580) | AttritoM7 Productions | |
| | Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD | older | $7.99 | 1,479 77% | 44k | $355k (exactly $354,516) | Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH |
| | NightClub Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 869 92% | 26k | $182k (exactly $182,229) | mandegames |
 | Aggressor | · EA older | $19.99 | 172 61% | 5.2k | $103k (exactly $103,148) | Flashpoint Studios |
 | Frenzy VR | · EA older | $14.99 | 205 60% | 6.2k | $92k (exactly $92,188) | Innoverse Ltd |
 | Hell Division | older | $13.99 | 191 83% | 5.7k | $80k (exactly $80,163) | Quacky Games |
 | Air Twister | older | $24.99 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $76k (exactly $75,720) | YS NET |
 | Obama Boss Fight | older | $2.99 | 640 95% | 19k | $57k (exactly $57,408) | xXx_Skipper_xXx |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Fear of Hot Water Ghost | $4.99 | 159 69% | 4.8k | $24k (exactly $23,802) | nStarcube | |
 | Phoenix's Faye | $9.99 | 55 76% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | BigFireball | |
 | FLAW | · EA | $15.00 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,200) | Plasmeo |
 | Steel Knight's ARMIS | $9.99 | 40 57% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Izanami Game Lab, Inc., FORCES | |
 | CPU Invaders - 3i Atlas | $4.99 | 77 98% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,527) | Microblast Games | |
 | Wasteland with Robots | $9.99 | 34 94% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Gamesforgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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