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Should I ship a 3D Platformer 4X?
4X + 3D Platformer
Only 2 developers shipped a 3D Platformer 4X in the last 2 years. Over all years on record, 5 did: 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.. 4 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.1k against a market of $1.5k. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $891 (exactly $891) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 5% | $17k (exactly $17,383) |
| Developers, all | 5 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 4X
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 4X, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 69% positive over 99 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty 2021 · $17k 
Femdom Farm 2024 · $1.2k 
Astro Femdom 2026 · $1.1k 
Femdom hotel 2025 · $989 
Racing Outlaws 2022 · $891 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty | $9.99 | 58 70% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,383) | Romulus | |
| | Femdom Farm | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Femdom studio | |
| | Astro Femdom | $11.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Femdom studio | |
| | Femdom hotel | $10.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | Femdom studio | |
| | Racing Outlaws | $0.99 | 30 73% | 900 | $891 (exactly $891) | Enaayah Software Development and Servic… (Enaayah Software Development and Services Private Limited) | |
 | The Little World | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | KS Studio | |
 | FourthMotion | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | fourth motion llc |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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