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Should I ship an Assassin 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Assassins
Only 14 developers shipped an Assassin 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, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $60 against a market of $1.5k. 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) |
| Top 5% | $79k (exactly $78,718) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 5735% on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Assassins
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 79% positive over 171 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ 2024 · $696k 
Ereban: Shadow Legacy 2024 · $163k 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City 2026 · $79k 
Toastercide 2024 · $8.4k 
Pretty Agent 2024 · $5.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ | older | $19.99 | 1,160 83% | 35k | $696k (exactly $695,652) | Aspyr |
| | Ereban: Shadow Legacy | older | $19.99 | 271 85% | 8.1k | $163k (exactly $162,519) | Baby Robot Games |
| | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City | $24.99 | 105 76% | 3.2k | $79k (exactly $78,718) | Cortopia Studios | |
| | Toastercide | $9.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | The Chairman | |
| | Pretty Agent | older | $4.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | MC GAME |
 | Girlfight 2024 | older | $7.99 | 18 33% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Wildcard Entertainment |
 | Cloak & Dagger: Shadow Operations | older | $4.99 | 26 57% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Knight Division Games |
 | Reverse Fishing | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Doug | |
 | Phantom Playhouse | $7.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Kakytron | |
 | Guns & Fishes | · EA older | $1.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $1.7k (exactly $1,672) | Cavalry |
 | Pretty Agent 2 | $4.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MC GAME | |
 | BlackLaceAssassins | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | VirtualDelightsPro | |
 | Murder&Spies | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | navlikesbunnies | |
 | Parkour Assassin: Sprint Run | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Apex Horizon | |
 | Pew Pew Gaem 3 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Saem | |
 | Gladiator Of Valor | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Derrick Dandin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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