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Should I ship a Dystopian 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Dystopian
Of 46 developers who shipped a Dystopian 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.. 97 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $710k, ×1143 the market median. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 97 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 5% | $718k (exactly $718,080) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 46 |
| Released games | 131 |
| Announced | 97 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 170% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 27%, 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
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Platformer, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 11,911 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 97 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 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
Mirror's Edge™ 2009 · $19M 
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020 · $8.4M 
Denshattack! 2026 · $1.7M 
Get To Work 2024 · $1.3M 
VHOLUME 2026 · $718k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror's Edge™ | older | $19.99 | 31,195 87% | 936k | $19M (exactly $18,707,642) | DICE |
| | Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst | older | $19.99 | 14,078 79% | 422k | $8.4M (exactly $8,442,577) | DICE |
| | Denshattack! | $19.99 | 2,910 98% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,745,127) | Undercoders | |
| | Get To Work | $12.99 | 3,456 88% | 104k | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) | Isto Inc. | |
| | VHOLUME | $8.00 | 2,992 97% | 90k | $718k (exactly $718,080) | Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels… (Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels Tiercelin) | |
 | CICADAMATA" | $9.99 | 1,419 96% | 43k | $425k (exactly $425,274) | ✿ flowergarden | |
 | Possessor(s) | $9.99 | 718 75% | 22k | $215k (exactly $215,185) | Heart Machine | |
 | Hazel Sky | older | $24.99 | 242 68% | 7.3k | $181k (exactly $181,427) | Coffee Addict Studio |
 | Ereban: Shadow Legacy | older | $19.99 | 271 85% | 8.1k | $163k (exactly $162,519) | Baby Robot Games |
 | Fallback | older | $9.99 | 299 87% | 9.0k | $90k (exactly $89,610) | Endroad |
 | Ikarus Parkour | $12.99 | 195 81% | 5.9k | $76k (exactly $75,992) | Vanja Aleksić | |
 | No Vacation for an Executioner | $13.99 | 78 70% | 2.3k | $33k (exactly $32,737) | JayO | |
 | WHITE CHOCOLATE | $3.99 | 78 94% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | Bakery of Games | |
 | Dystopian Pet Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | dinca.team |
 | Soul Drifter | $14.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | VISIONKEEPER Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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