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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Dynamic Narration
Only 18 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration 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, Get To Work, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Dynamic Narration
- 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, Dynamic Narration; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, 1990's
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 4,092 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Get To Work 2024 · $1.3M 
GEX Trilogy 2025 · $299k 
AWAY: The Survival Series 2021 · $191k 
Please, Forgive Me 2023 · $55k 
Last Lesson 2023 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Get To Work | $12.99 | 3,456 88% | 104k | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) | Isto Inc. | |
| | GEX Trilogy | $29.99 | 332 71% | 10k | $299k (exactly $298,700) | Limited Run Games, Crystal Dynamics | |
| | AWAY: The Survival Series | older | $19.99 | 318 55% | 9.5k | $191k (exactly $190,705) | Breaking Walls |
| | Please, Forgive Me | older | $6.99 | 264 65% | 7.9k | $55k (exactly $55,361) | REVVALUTION Studio |
| | Last Lesson | older | $6.99 | 155 65% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,504) | REVVALUTION Studio |
 | Evil Holiday | $4.99 | 208 80% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | Cartonfall | older | $7.99 | 115 89% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $27,566) | kuklam studios |
 | Player Non Player | older | $9.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Jonathan Coryn |
 | Grapple League | older | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Rain Check Studios |
 | 24H Stories: The Rule 7 | older | $7.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | LikeGames |
 | KunSpace | $2.10 | 58 96% | 1.7k | $3.7k (exactly $3,654) | DeadManLi | |
 | A Tower's Will | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Midnight Light Games, https://midnightl… (Midnight Light Games, https://midnightlightgames.com/) | |
 | Unfair Rampage: Knightfall | $5.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Imphenzia | |
 | DuaLight | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | RedWineGames Studio | |
 | Cognite | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Frosted Wings Studio | |
 | AI Digital Human Studio | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | ExtraOrdinary Technology LLC | |
 | The Unshared | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | SQUIDA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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