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Should I ship an Action Roguelike 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Action Roguelike
Of 103 developers who shipped an Action Roguelike 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.. 158 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 68 developers shipped in the last year and 158 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $27,432) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 103 |
| Released games | 309 |
| Announced | 158 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 95% 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
- Action Roguelike
- 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, Action Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Roguelike
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 14,850 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 61 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 158 games are announced against 68 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Haste 2025 · $7.6M 
Cultivation Tales 2024 · $7.5M 
Chinese Online Game 2024 · $2.0M 
Neon Echo 2023 · EA · $1.6M 
Phantom Abyss 2024 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Haste | $19.99 | 12,690 92% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,610,193) | Landfall | |
| | Cultivation Tales | older | $19.99 | 12,560 38% | 377k | $7.5M (exactly $7,532,232) | Ac Games |
| | Chinese Online Game | older | $9.99 | 6,610 82% | 198k | $2.0M (exactly $1,981,017) | 648工作室 |
| | Neon Echo | · EA older | $14.99 | 3,514 56% | 105k | $1.6M (exactly $1,580,246) | Xinyuan Studio |
| | Phantom Abyss | older | $19.99 | 1,962 81% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,176,611) | Team WIBY |
 | ALTF4 | older | $2.99 | 9,452 80% | 284k | $848k (exactly $847,844) | PUMPKIM |
 | Taboo Trial | older | $14.99 | 1,655 83% | 50k | $744k (exactly $744,254) | Cat Shine, Meow Run |
 | Clone Drone in the Hyperdome | $19.99 | 1,048 91% | 31k | $628k (exactly $628,486) | Doborog Games | |
 | METAL DOGS | older | $19.99 | 766 81% | 23k | $459k (exactly $459,370) | 24Frame,inc. |
 | 下一站江湖Ⅰ | older | $19.99 | 581 72% | 17k | $348k (exactly $348,426) | 白玉京工作室 |
 | HOTEL BARCELONA | $29.99 | 269 71% | 8.1k | $242k (exactly $242,019) | White Owls Inc. | |
 | Mythical Concept STARNAUT | $29.99 | 67 92% | 2.0k | $60k (exactly $60,280) | crim Co., Ltd. | |
 | 4Wheel Challenge | $3.99 | 409 57% | 12k | $49k (exactly $48,957) | LJ3D STUDIOS | |
 | ZOMVIRUS | $14.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | DMONG Co., Ltd. | |
 | FALL | $4.99 | 153 88% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | 谭浩翔 | |
 | SCHROTT: Roguelike Racer | · EA | $12.99 | 49 91% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,095) | Ivy Juice |
 | Fracturefront | $8.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $17,261) | 梦行志远 | |
 | CICADA | $9.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | daimaGAME |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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