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Should I ship an FMV 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + FMV
Only 8 developers shipped an FMV 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, The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, 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, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $659 (exactly $659) |
| Top 5% | $79k (exactly $78,796) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 up 395% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- FMV
- 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, FMV
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 24% positive over 111,695 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Mirror 2: Project X 2022 · EA · $6.6M 
The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time 2026 · $79k 
Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity 2024 · $47k 
CRUELTY 2024 · $26k 
Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line 2023 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror 2: Project X | · EA older | $1.99 | 111,251 24% | 3.3M | $6.6M (exactly $6,641,685) | KAGAMI Ⅱ WORKs |
| | The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time | $17.99 | 146 86% | 4.4k | $79k (exactly $78,796) | Coin Drop Games, Lucas Immanuel, jucobe… (Coin Drop Games, Lucas Immanuel, jucobee, Kyle Chuang) | |
| | Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity | older | $19.99 | 78 100% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | Sam Atlas |
| | CRUELTY | older | $6.99 | 125 71% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,212) | 838s Maniacs |
| | Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line | older | $8.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $16,991) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
 | BeZombie Anime Invasion | older | $5.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Pannl Inc. |
 | My student loves me! | older | $6.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Fukurodo |
 | Yeah Wow Hey | older | $5.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Electric Maverick Game |
 | Marriage to the demon wife! | older | $17.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Fukurou-Do |
 | Virtual world-Digital girl | · EA older | $4.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | At 18 o 'clock |
 | Sweet Life ~Our happy days,until they're tainted by cuckoldry~ | $10.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | まぐちゃん | |
 | Bodycam:Adrenaline | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Rocket Game | |
 | Harvester Arno | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LAL | |
 | POKER BATTLE | $1.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | LB, LB | |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | Man For Takeaway | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | zjf | |
 | DeskX | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 1UP Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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