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Should I ship a Card Battler 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Card Battler
Only 13 developers shipped a Card Battler 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, Soul•Apocalypto, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 5% | $7.2k (exactly $7,194) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 260% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Card Battler; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 99 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey 2022 · $409k 
Soul•Apocalypto 2025 · $7.2k 
Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator 2026 · $7.1k 
Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection 2026 · $5.7k 
Roll & Win CASINO PARTY 2024 · $2.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation The Endless Seven-Day Journey | older | $29.99 | 455 81% | 14k | $409k (exactly $409,364) | Neos Corporation |
| | Soul•Apocalypto | $11.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $7.2k (exactly $7,194) | 卜乙冈(Ploygon) | |
| | Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator | $6.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Violet Soft | |
| | Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection | $6.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Violet Soft | |
| | Roll & Win CASINO PARTY | $11.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Arena 9th | older | $8.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | NINE CONCHES Studio |
 | VillageBlade | older | $11.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | PlasmaBrain Studios |
 | Dice Tech Dominion - Enter the Shadow Circuit | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | AUTeddy | |
 | DDOL | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | MOMO | |
 | 人类VS怪物(Human vs Monster) | older | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | 周鹏飞 |
 | POKER BATTLE | $1.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | LB, LB | |
 | Investormania | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | NIGHTCREW |
 | Overwork Empire | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | YanBei | |
 | Soul Monsters Card Game | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Industrial Miracle (yawangshiro) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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