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Should I ship a 4 Player Local 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + 4 Player Local
Of 37 developers who shipped a 4 Player Local 3D Platformer 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.. 66 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $53k, ×86 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 66 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Top 5% | $54k (exactly $53,973) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 163 |
| Announced | 66 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, 4 Player Local; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,262 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. Nearly all of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 66 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Sackboy™: A Big Adventure 2022 · $5.1M 
Ben and Ed - Blood Party 2018 · $1.0M 
Fling to the Finish 2024 · $509k 
Biped 2 2025 · $366k 
Crumble 2020 · $306k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sackboy™: A Big Adventure | older | $59.99 | 2,822 83% | 85k | $5.1M (exactly $5,078,753) | Sumo Digital |
| | Ben and Ed - Blood Party | older | $14.99 | 2,297 88% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,032,961) | Sluggerfly |
| | Fling to the Finish | older | $19.99 | 849 85% | 25k | $509k (exactly $509,145) | SplitSide Games |
| | Biped 2 | $14.99 | 813 71% | 24k | $366k (exactly $365,606) | META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy… (META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy Studios) | |
| | Crumble | older | $14.99 | 681 89% | 20k | $306k (exactly $306,246) | BRUTE FORCE |
 | Unbox: Newbie's Adventure | older | $19.99 | 293 88% | 8.8k | $176k (exactly $175,712) | Prospect Games |
 | Mount Your Friends 3D: A Hard Man is Good to Climb | older | $6.99 | 350 89% | 11k | $73k (exactly $73,395) | Stegersaurus Software Inc. |
 | All-Star Fruit Racing | older | $9.99 | 188 68% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $56,344) | 3DClouds |
 | Moorhuhn Kart 4 | $19.99 | 90 86% | 2.7k | $54k (exactly $53,973) | Korion Interactive | |
 | KunKun dream Startles the Soul | older | $2.99 | 427 79% | 13k | $38k (exactly $38,302) | AIKUN |
 | Snow Bros. Wonderland | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Tatsujin, Bitwave Games, Toaplan | |
 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Bomb Royale | $4.99 | 127 62% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,012) | Onur Doğan | |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | Potato Arena | $9.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Erik Games | |
 | Anomaly Protocol | · EA | $4.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | Oriland |
 | Piss Off | · EA | $20.00 | 8 100% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,800) | Emmanuel Crispi |
 | Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames | $3.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | LAN - GAMES LTD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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