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Should I ship a Fishing 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Fishing
Only 16 developers shipped a Fishing 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, Voodoo Fishin', made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $380; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×382 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 24 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $372 (exactly $372) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,187) |
| Top 5% | $240k (exactly $239,760) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Fishing
- 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, Fishing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,287 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $380. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, 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
I Am Fish 2021 · $1.7M 
Here Comes Niko! 2021 · $787k 
Voodoo Fishin' 2026 · EA · $240k 
我的钓鱼世界 2026 · EA · $91k 
Dosa Divas 2026 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I Am Fish | older | $19.99 | 2,917 75% | 88k | $1.7M (exactly $1,749,325) | Bossa Studios |
| | Here Comes Niko! | older | $24.99 | 1,050 92% | 32k | $787k (exactly $787,185) | Frog Vibes |
| | Voodoo Fishin' | · EA | $9.99 | 800 81% | 24k | $240k (exactly $239,760) | Lost Arcade |
| | 我的钓鱼世界 | · EA | $14.99 | 203 60% | 6.1k | $91k (exactly $91,289) | 华幸 |
| | Dosa Divas | $19.99 | 56 94% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | Outerloop Games | |
 | Umami Grove | $19.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $25k (exactly $25,187) | Pomshine Games | |
 | Little Wings Deliveries | $4.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $13,024) | SkyBrave, Vort Digital, Jonathan Kihlst… (SkyBrave, Vort Digital, Jonathan Kihlström, Mount West Music) | |
 | Monmusu Paradise ~Visitors~ | $4.99 | 66 74% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | Siluman Soft | |
 | Capri Care | · EA | $12.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) | Jdfskitz, Kiyoshirei, Dark_KissQ121 |
 | Man Made | · EA | $19.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Rule51 |
 | Girl Island | · EA | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Little Fish Studio |
 | Reel it! World Fishing | $12.79 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,151) | SAT-BOX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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