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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Fighting game?
Fighting + 3D Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a 3D Platformer Fighting game 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 FURY: City of the Wolves, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.2k, ×2.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $1.8M, ×1255 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.2k (exactly $4,197) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $44,978) |
| Top 5% | $1.9M (exactly $1,880,059) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Fighting
- effort 7 / 10 · low · frame data, hitboxes and rollback netcode
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Fighting, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $13.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 9,639 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fighting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SandboxStrong odds
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + Local Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash 2024 · $5.5M 
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves 2026 · $1.9M 
Fight Angel Special Edition 2019 · $1.1M 
Clone Drone in the Hyperdome 2024 · $628k 
Fallback 2019 · $90k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash | older | $59.99 | 3,051 60% | 92k | $5.5M (exactly $5,490,885) | Byking Inc. |
| | FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves | $19.99 | 3,135 82% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,880,059) | SNK CORPORATION | |
| | Fight Angel Special Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,776 75% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,065,067) | Red Fox |
| | Clone Drone in the Hyperdome | $19.99 | 1,048 91% | 31k | $628k (exactly $628,486) | Doborog Games | |
| | Fallback | older | $9.99 | 299 87% | 9.0k | $90k (exactly $89,610) | Endroad |
 | RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers | $19.99 | 75 76% | 2.3k | $45k (exactly $44,978) | CITY CONNECTION | |
 | Gamble Fight Plus | older | $9.99 | 149 51% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,655) | One Man Army |
 | J15 Jet Fighter VR (歼15舰载机) | · EA older | $9.99 | 44 47% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Magicvalley Studio |
 | Ice and Fire of Maiden | older | $9.99 | 38 57% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Erogenous Moonlight |
 | Teratopia | older | $14.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Ravegan |
 | Party Madness | $3.99 | 51 76% | 1.5k | $6.1k (exactly $6,105) | Devotion Interactive | |
 | Karkaba | $13.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $4.2k (exactly $4,197) | Mubaraza LLC | |
 | The Final Shuffle | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | KaashFusionStudio | |
 | BattleHeights | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Wondersoft Studio |
 | Tiny Devils | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ENIGMA STUDIO Sarl | |
 | Ranger Force | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | J Studios Gaming LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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