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Should I ship a Card Game 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Card Game
Of 20 developers who shipped a Card Game 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.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 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. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,174) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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 Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Card Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Battler, Strategy, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 134 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, 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
Neon White 2022 · $13M 
Just Go 2022 · $967k 
Gomoku Let's Go 2021 · $79k 
PLAYNESE: Master Japanese 2025 · EA · $10k 
Soul•Apocalypto 2025 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neon White | older | $24.99 | 17,259 97% | 518k | $13M (exactly $12,939,072) | Angel Matrix |
| | Just Go | older | $9.99 | 3,227 92% | 97k | $967k (exactly $967,132) | Studio Amateur |
| | Gomoku Let's Go | older | $2.99 | 883 88% | 26k | $79k (exactly $79,205) | Studio Amateur |
| | PLAYNESE: Master Japanese | · EA | $19.95 | 17 94% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,174) | Wynand Smit |
| | 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 | |
 | Excrucia | $3.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Mansur | |
 | Arena 9th | older | $8.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | NINE CONCHES Studio |
 | The King of Wall Street | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Yogo Studio | |
 | Soul•Last Bastion | $6.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | 卜乙冈(Ploygon) | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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