Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a 3D Platformer Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + 3D Platformer

Only 5 developers shipped a 3D Platformer Character Action Game 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.. 17 more are announced, ×8.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $5.4k against a market of $1.5k. 17 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 3.6 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 17 announced, ×8.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + 3D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 5

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + 3D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 5
Bottom 30% $3.0k (exactly $2,997)
Median $5.4k (exactly $5,398)
Top 25% $29k (exactly $29,227)
Top 5% $539k (exactly $538,531)
Developers, 2 yr 5
Released games 74
Announced 17
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $12.49

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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
3D Platformer
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game, 3D Platformer
Price point
$12.49 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 79% positive over 7,070 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $3.0k, median $5.4k, 1 in 4 over $29k, 1 in 20 over $530k.

3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 17 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

All 39 pairs on the Character Action Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Soulstice 2022 · $2.2M Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek 2019 · $1.1M Kao the Kangaroo 2022 · $784k Shady Knight 2024 · $539k Youropa 2018 · $130k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Soulstice older $39.99 1,845 76% 55k $2.2M (exactly $2,213,446) Reply Game Studios
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek older $29.99 1,217 87% 37k $1.1M (exactly $1,094,935) Dynamic Pixels
Kao the Kangaroo older $29.99 871 74% 26k $784k (exactly $783,639) Tate Multimedia
Shady Knight $19.99 898 93% 27k $539k (exactly $538,531) Alexey 'cptnsigh'
Youropa older $14.99 288 93% 8.6k $130k (exactly $129,514) frecle
PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay older $29.99 136 72% 4.1k $122k (exactly $122,359) DRAKHAR STUDIO
QV older $14.99 235 87% 7.1k $106k (exactly $105,680) IZZLE
Ven VR Adventure older $29.99 80 77% 2.4k $72k (exactly $71,976) Monologic Games
Mineirinho Director's Cut older $0.99 1,365 66% 41k $41k (exactly $40,540) Sinned Games
Diatomic older $9.99 135 76% 4.1k $40k (exactly $40,460) Diatomic Studios
GLUM · EA $12.49 78 64% 2.3k $29k (exactly $29,227) CinderCat Games
Rascal's Escape $29.99 6 66% 180 $5.4k (exactly $5,398) the Good Evil GmbH
Slay The Berserker · EA $9.99 10 50% 300 $3.0k (exactly $2,997) Advance Garde
Cape Warrior $2.99 11 81% 330 $987 (exactly $987) Saylor Games

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