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Should I ship an Animal 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Animals
Only 16 developers shipped an Animal 3D Platformer 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, Herdling, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 49 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $650k, ×1040 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $84k (exactly $84,374) |
| Top 5% | $653k (exactly $652,989) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Animals
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,040 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 3 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
Comparable games
Spirit of the North 2020 · $3.4M 
Herdling 2025 · $653k 
The Spirit and the Mouse 2022 · $480k 
A Webbing Journey 2025 · EA · $379k 
Zefyr: A Thief's Melody 2025 · $240k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spirit of the North | older | $19.99 | 5,633 84% | 169k | $3.4M (exactly $3,378,110) | Infuse Studio |
| | Herdling | $24.99 | 871 93% | 26k | $653k (exactly $652,989) | Okomotive | |
| | The Spirit and the Mouse | older | $19.99 | 801 97% | 24k | $480k (exactly $480,360) | Alblune |
| | A Webbing Journey | · EA | $9.99 | 1,263 98% | 38k | $379k (exactly $378,521) | Fire Totem Games |
| | Zefyr: A Thief's Melody | $19.99 | 401 96% | 12k | $240k (exactly $240,480) | Oneiric Worlds | |
 | Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) | older | $1.99 | 2,603 94% | 78k | $155k (exactly $155,399) | Tate Multimedia |
 | Frog Sqwad 🐸 | $7.99 | 352 72% | 11k | $84k (exactly $84,374) | Panic Stations | |
 | Tamarin | older | $29.99 | 78 60% | 2.3k | $70k (exactly $70,177) | Chameleon Games |
 | Only Way is Down | $9.99 | 137 63% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,059) | Jilted Generation Productions | |
 | Kao the Kangaroo (2000 re-release) | older | $1.99 | 397 73% | 12k | $24k (exactly $23,701) | Tate Multimedia |
 | Sheep Sweep | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | RAT MEMORY | $7.00 | 4 75% | 120 | $840 (exactly $840) | Quero Games | |
 | BLORBIT | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | jog16889 | |
 | Rockoon | $3.00 | 5 100% | 150 | $450 (exactly $450) | Rockoon Team | |
 | A little Jumpingspider's Garden Adventure (Day 1+2) | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Chrimi Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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