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Should I ship a Dinosaur 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Dinosaurs
Only 12 developers shipped a Dinosaur 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, Paleo Dive, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,790) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 620% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Dinosaurs
- 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
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 74% positive over 82 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Turok 2015 · $2.0M 
Tomb Raider: Anniversary 2007 · $1.8M 
Tomb Raider I (1996) 2012 · $847k 
Gigantosaurus The Game 2020 · $28k 
Paleo Dive 2026 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Turok | older | $19.99 | 3,377 93% | 101k | $2.0M (exactly $2,025,187) | Iguana Entertainment, Nightdive Studios |
| | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | older | $8.99 | 6,644 81% | 199k | $1.8M (exactly $1,791,887) | Crystal Dynamics |
| | Tomb Raider I (1996) | older | $6.99 | 4,039 85% | 121k | $847k (exactly $846,978) | Core Design |
| | Gigantosaurus The Game | older | $24.99 | 38 76% | 1.1k | $28k (exactly $28,489) | WildSphere |
| | Paleo Dive | $19.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Astra Render | |
 | Age of Jura | older | $9.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Mystic ERA games |
 | Giant Beast Island | $6.99 | 37 59% | 1.1k | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) | Dinosaur Studio | |
 | Atlantis Adventure VR | older | $24.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $3.0k (exactly $2,999) | AstonVisionSoft Inc. |
 | Bear Warrior | older | $4.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala software |
 | Balcony | older | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | ํ20Studio |
 | DREAM WAVE'84 | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | John Pfeifer | |
 | Before Times | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Setcario | |
 | Waving Around | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Deive_Ex | |
 | Rapax | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 大複 |
 | Cartoon Survivor | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Spunge Games Pty Ltd | |
 | Monster and Snakes 1.1 | $1.65 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Thomas van Esdonk | |
 | Mega Mash Mons | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dotosy |
 | Raptor | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GenmuTech |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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