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Should I ship a Crafting 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Crafting
Of 72 developers who shipped a Crafting 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.. 104 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 39 developers shipped in the last year and 104 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $5.6k (exactly $5,571) |
| Top 5% | $748k (exactly $747,826) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 72 |
| Released games | 182 |
| Announced | 104 |
| 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 180% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Crafting; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Open World
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 22,904 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 104 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
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Comparable games
Starsand Island 2026 · $7.1M 
The Front 2025 · $5.7M 
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness 2022 · $4.8M 
s&box 2026 · $1.5M 
Cozy Caravan 2026 · $748k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Starsand Island | $39.99 | 5,898 76% | 177k | $7.1M (exactly $7,075,831) | Seed Sparkle Lab | |
| | The Front | $19.99 | 9,555 66% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) | Samar Studio | |
| | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness | older | $59.99 | 2,650 79% | 80k | $4.8M (exactly $4,769,205) | Chime Corporation |
| | s&box | $9.99 | 5,118 46% | 154k | $1.5M (exactly $1,533,865) | Facepunch Studios | |
| | Cozy Caravan | $19.99 | 1,247 93% | 37k | $748k (exactly $747,826) | 5 Lives Studios | |
 | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
 | Die Young | older | $9.99 | 1,521 78% | 46k | $456k (exactly $455,844) | IndieGala |
 | Nuclear Epoch | $14.99 | 487 78% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,004) | Cat Play Studio | |
 | Time on Frog Island | older | $19.99 | 284 71% | 8.5k | $170k (exactly $170,315) | Half Past Yellow |
 | DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders | older | $29.99 | 158 90% | 4.7k | $142k (exactly $142,153) | Climax Studios Ltd. |
 | WorldNeverland - Daily Life in the Elnea Kingdom - Another Life Adventure | $29.99 | 92 78% | 2.8k | $83k (exactly $82,772) | althi Inc. | |
 | KAMiBAKO - Mythology of Cube - | $29.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | GRAVITY GAME ARISE | |
 | Umami Grove | $19.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $25k (exactly $25,187) | Pomshine Games | |
 | Keplerian Space Discovery | · EA | $24.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $19k (exactly $18,742) | Kugelblitz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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