Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Beat 'em up 3D Platformer?

3D Platformer + Beat 'em up

Of 41 developers who shipped a Beat 'em up 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.. 90 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 25 developers shipped in the last year and 90 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 125% on the market, 90 announced, ×3.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
3D Platformer + Beat 'em up
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 41
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $208 → $1.2k → $150 → $479 → $150 → $450 → $150 (still earning) → $719 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for 3D Platformer + Beat 'em up: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 41
Bottom 30% $89 (exactly $89)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $836 (exactly $836)
Top 5% $3.0k (exactly $2,997)
Developers, 2 yr 41
Released games 165
Announced 90
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 125% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Beat 'em up
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
3D Platformer, Beat 'em up; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cartoony, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 214 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $89, median $300, 1 in 4 over $830, 1 in 20 over $2.9k.

3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 90 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + TransportationFair13 devs · median $3.1k · 12 announced
  2. + MiningFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 11 announced
  3. + Dating SimFair36 devs · median $748 · 29 announced
  4. + GolfFair16 devs · median $719 · 16 announced
  5. + Visual NovelFair44 devs · median $716 · 39 announced
  6. + SokobanFair12 devs · median $599 · 9 announced
  7. + Survival HorrorFair111 devs · median $539 · 104 announced
  8. + Perma DeathFair36 devs · median $537 · 36 announced
  9. + AutomationFair25 devs · median $450 · 21 announced
  10. + OffroadLong shot14 devs · median $478 · 12 announced
  11. + Looter ShooterLong shot23 devs · median $449 · 16 announced
  12. + CatsLong shot66 devs · median $420 · 74 announced

All 216 pairs on the 3D Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Another Crab's Treasure 2024 · $15M Soulstice 2022 · $2.2M Spark the Electric Jester 3 2022 · $1.4M BAKERU 2024 · $455k Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 2018 · $428k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Another Crab's Treasure older $29.99 16,863 93% 506k $15M (exactly $15,171,641) Aggro Crab
Soulstice older $39.99 1,845 76% 55k $2.2M (exactly $2,213,446) Reply Game Studios
Spark the Electric Jester 3 older $24.99 1,913 96% 57k $1.4M (exactly $1,434,176) Feperd Games
BAKERU older $39.99 379 94% 11k $455k (exactly $454,686) Good-Feel Co., Ltd.
Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 older $19.99 713 75% 21k $428k (exactly $427,586) OSome Studio
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered older $19.99 708 78% 21k $425k (exactly $424,588) OSome Studio
Song of Iron older $19.99 358 72% 11k $215k (exactly $214,693) Resting Relic
Demon Sword: Incubus older $19.99 184 76% 5.5k $110k (exactly $110,345) Brianode
My Pleasure - Season 1 older $13.99 240 76% 7.2k $101k (exactly $100,728) Tasty Pics Studio, Loys
RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers $19.99 75 76% 2.3k $45k (exactly $44,978) CITY CONNECTION
Locuras en el Banaverso $9.99 46 93% 1.4k $14k (exactly $13,786) Newvicon Ltd
Slay The Berserker · EA $9.99 10 50% 300 $3.0k (exactly $2,997) Advance Garde
Mischief $14.99 6 100% 180 $2.7k (exactly $2,698) Tavern Rat Studios
InTheLake $4.99 16 100% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) ZhiZhi
Banished Knight $3.99 20 95% 600 $2.4k (exactly $2,394) Moss Studio
Runway™ $2.99 23 100% 690 $2.1k (exactly $2,063) unSAME
Fast food RAGE $5.55 12 100% 360 $2.0k (exactly $1,998) VICTORIA Games
Aeschylus: Death $10.99 3 100% 90 $989 (exactly $989) TYCU
Twins of the Sun $9.99 3 66% 90 $899 (exactly $899) COMMANDO PANDA

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.