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Should I ship a Crime 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Crime
Only 15 developers shipped a Crime 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, The Break-In, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper, while revenue is up 515% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,223,388) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 515% on the market, supply 15% fewer 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
- Crime
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Dark Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,123 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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 
The Break-In 2025 · $1.2M 
Doorways: Prelude 2013 · $105k 
Prison Girl 2021 · $12k 
Timothy vs the Aliens 2021 · $7.6k | 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 |
| | The Break-In | $19.99 | 2,040 87% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,223,388) | jorgen games Ltd, Oliver Josh | |
| | Doorways: Prelude | older | $9.99 | 351 58% | 11k | $105k (exactly $105,195) | Saibot Studios |
| | Prison Girl | older | $4.99 | 79 25% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $11,826) | MA Game |
| | Timothy vs the Aliens | older | $16.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | WildSphere |
 | Tatari | $9.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Hidden Tower Studios | |
 | Pretty Agent | older | $4.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | MC GAME |
 | 24H Stories: The Rule 7 | older | $7.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | LikeGames |
 | Dungeon Girl | older | $4.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | MCG |
 | Wild Gun | older | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | KIMYS STUDIO |
 | Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz | $3.99 | 31 61% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | Eddaheim | |
 | The Wanted 3 | $8.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | 瑶颜游戏 | |
 | Pretty Agent 2 | $4.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MC GAME | |
 | The Final Shuffle | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | KaashFusionStudio | |
 | Bodycam:Adrenaline | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Rocket Game | |
 | TearItUp® Remix | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Immure Creations® | |
 | ANTYAVAN | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Priyansh JS Yadav | |
 | TEMSHCHIK | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AzRuEntertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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