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Should I ship an Archery 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Archery
Only 8 developers shipped an Archery 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, Shady Knight, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Top 5% | $539k (exactly $538,531) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 up 500% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Archery
- 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, Archery
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 3,298 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
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Comparable games
The Pathless 2021 · $2.3M 
Shady Knight 2024 · $539k 
Dark Water : Slime Invader 2021 · $62k 
Presentiment of Death 2023 · $20k 
ADVERSE 2021 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Pathless | older | $39.99 | 1,944 90% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,332,217) | Giant Squid |
| | Shady Knight | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Alexey 'cptnsigh' | |
| | Dark Water : Slime Invader | older | $14.99 | 138 94% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $62,059) | DEVBOX |
| | Presentiment of Death | older | $14.99 | 45 71% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | XOCUS |
| | ADVERSE | older | $5.99 | 97 79% | 2.9k | $17k (exactly $17,431) | Loneminded |
 | ArcSine | older | $24.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $16k (exactly $15,744) | Prop Logic |
 | Lovely Planet Arcade | older | $5.99 | 86 79% | 2.6k | $15k (exactly $15,454) | quicktequila |
 | Mythrealm | · EA | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Delta Video Games |
 | Light Tracer 2 ~The Two Worlds~ | older | $19.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | Void Dimensions |
 | Venture's Gauntlet: The Ultimate VR Fitness Obstacle Course | older | $9.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Bearhammer Games LTD |
 | Arrows and Antiquity | $4.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | True Neutral Studios | |
 | Tactical Archer | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Dejevis | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Kings Archer VR | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | OTTO Games | |
 | Gladiator Of Valor | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Derrick Dandin | |
 | The Drone Lord | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ian Chambers |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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