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Should I ship a Space Sim 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Space Sim
Only 5 developers shipped a Space Sim 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, TwoBrains OneShip, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 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 $0 against a market of $1.5k. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $89 (exactly $89) |
| Top 5% | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $1.75 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Space Sim
- 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, Space Sim
- Price point
- $1.75 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 $17.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,565 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 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
Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD 2012 · $355k 
Timewell: Trail of Celestes 2022 · $11k 
Bakemono - Demon Brigade Tenmen Unit 01 2020 · EA · $10k 
Fairspace 2015 · $7.6k 
Cosmos 2020 · $716 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD | older | $7.99 | 1,479 77% | 44k | $355k (exactly $354,516) | Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH |
| | Timewell: Trail of Celestes | older | $17.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $11k (exactly $10,794) | OZBER CIN |
| | Bakemono - Demon Brigade Tenmen Unit 01 | · EA older | $19.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | SuperSane Games |
| | Fairspace | older | $8.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) | Sub Orbital Software |
| | Cosmos | older | $1.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Jacwab |
 | Cyber Skirmish | · EA older | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Hubert Mierzbiczak |
 | TwoBrains OneShip | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Z-Tech Studio | |
 | UNSTABLE | older | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | SOMOV KIRILL |
 | Lawnmower Game: Space Fight | older | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | Space Wing Cadet | older | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | DTPixelwork |
 | Sussy Cat | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | cnsmini | |
 | System Death | $1.75 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LarcenistGames | |
 | Catch These Hands | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MissilexCrisis |
 | StarBay | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cfyz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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