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Should I ship a Conspiracy 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Conspiracy
Only 14 developers shipped a Conspiracy 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, SHUTEN ORDER, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $1.0M, ×1700 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $836 (exactly $836) |
| Top 25% | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,067,786) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 10% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,028 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, 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
Squirrel with a Gun 2024 · $1.9M 
SHUTEN ORDER 2025 · $1.1M 
Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) 2009 · $135k 
Broken Sword 4 - the Angel of Death (2006) 2014 · $82k 
Ikarus Parkour 2025 · $76k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Squirrel with a Gun | older | $19.99 | 3,112 86% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,866,266) | Dee Dee Creations LLC |
| | SHUTEN ORDER | $49.99 | 712 80% | 21k | $1.1M (exactly $1,067,786) | Neilo Inc. | |
| | Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) | older | $5.99 | 750 55% | 23k | $135k (exactly $134,775) | Revolution Software Ltd |
| | Broken Sword 4 - the Angel of Death (2006) | older | $5.99 | 456 43% | 14k | $82k (exactly $81,943) | Sumo Digital Ltd |
| | Ikarus Parkour | $12.99 | 195 81% | 5.9k | $76k (exactly $75,992) | Vanja Aleksić | |
 | Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1 - Gold Edition | older | $4.99 | 481 60% | 14k | $72k (exactly $72,006) | Semaphore |
 | Saborus | $14.99 | 24 58% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | High Room Studio | |
 | Dystopian Pet Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | dinca.team |
 | Meme Run 2 | older | $4.20 | 67 85% | 2.0k | $8.4k (exactly $8,442) | Jordan Schuetz |
 | Реальная Смута | older | $0.99 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $3.0k (exactly $3,000) | Talanta Net |
 | Bad Goys | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Silvercrest Studios | |
 | Escape The Wojak GOTY | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Chungledown Max, Game Dev Guy | |
 | Chicken Strike®: Cluck Ops™ | $1.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Bamboléo Games | |
 | 異誕監視室 | Monativity Surveillance | $2.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Coward_Watson | |
 | MMNANA | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | EHG | |
 | Ascension: The Immortal Alchemist | · EA | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Violet Flame Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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