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Should I ship a Dragon 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Dragons
Of 22 developers who shipped a Dragon 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.. 36 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $17k, ×29 the market median. Revenue is up 1500% on the market; 36 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,800) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 72 |
| Announced | 36 |
| 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 up 1500% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, 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
- Dragons
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Action RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 402 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Looter ShooterLong shot
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Comparable games
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy 2019 · $17M 
Toren 2015 · $286k 
Churn Vector 2024 · $225k 
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders 2019 · $142k 
Scrap Garden 2016 · $62k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy | older | $39.99 | 14,211 92% | 426k | $17M (exactly $17,048,937) | Toys for Bob, Iron Galaxy Studios |
| | Toren | older | $9.99 | 954 64% | 29k | $286k (exactly $285,914) | Swordtales |
| | Churn Vector | older | $14.99 | 500 89% | 15k | $225k (exactly $224,850) | Naelstrof, Eugene, Archival |
| | DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders | older | $29.99 | 158 90% | 4.7k | $142k (exactly $142,153) | Climax Studios Ltd. |
| | Scrap Garden | older | $9.99 | 206 72% | 6.2k | $62k (exactly $61,738) | Egidijus Bachur, Alexey Davydov |
 | DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms | older | $49.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $51k (exactly $50,990) | AHEARTFULOFGAMES |
 | Ultimate Drummer | $5.99 | 170 98% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Cool 3D World | |
 | Kit's Quest | older | $14.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Lone Fox Games |
 | Fiz and the Rainbow Planet | older | $9.99 | 65 98% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | にじいろドラゴン |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | Mythrealm | · EA | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Delta Video Games |
 | Nomyou | $11.99 | 39 56% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,028) | Kudalyn's Creations | |
 | Soar: Pillars of Tasneem | $19.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Kimchi Corp | |
 | Ecrazeus Castle | $4.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Meringue Rouge | |
 | Dragon Hop | $4.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Dustrider Studios | |
 | Dracamar | $19.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Petoons Studio, 3Cat | |
 | Zorro and Zedd | $7.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Cloud Control Games | |
 | Way of the Dragons | · EA | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Said Yavuz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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