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Should I ship a Faith 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Faith
Only 16 developers shipped a Faith 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, FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE, 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, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 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 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,659) |
| Top 5% | $4.0M (exactly $3,993,701) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 615% on the market, supply 30% fewer 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
- Faith
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Survival Horror
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,794 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 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
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE 2026 · $4.0M 
Touhou: Blossom Blade 2026 · $8.4k 
Touhou 3D Dungeon 2021 · $7.3k 
祭品的逆襲 The Counterattack of Sacrifice 2019 · $2.2k 
Lost Verses 2024 · $1.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE | $49.99 | 2,663 87% | 80k | $4.0M (exactly $3,993,701) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | Touhou: Blossom Blade | $5.99 | 47 91% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Ankake Spa | |
| | Touhou 3D Dungeon | older | $8.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) | Rabbit Tail Works |
| | 祭品的逆襲 The Counterattack of Sacrifice | older | $3.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | 戴永翔(Dai Yong Xiang) |
| | Lost Verses | $4.99 | 13 38% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Behrmann Studios | |
 | Puke | · EA older | $6.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Skyfect Studio |
 | Kodoku：As the Moon Mourns | $7.90 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,659) | Hirasaka | |
 | Inferno | older | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Blue Vertex |
 | Parapsychology | · EA older | $3.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Batuhan Necati Keleş |
 | John Christian 3.0 | older | $1.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $1.2k (exactly $1,194) | Carlos Martins - Blue Crab |
 | 卜卦 / Divination | $0.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,188) | Honglizi | |
 | Vribyss Refuge™ Metamorphosis | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Ernesto Aragon | |
 | KUZGUN | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | DAM Games | |
 | Harvester Arno | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LAL | |
 | Blind Trust: The City | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Bytelyft | |
 | poo poo war | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 张程 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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