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Should I ship a God Game 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + God Game
Only 13 developers shipped a God Game 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, FALL, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 72 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, God Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 86% positive over 223 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
I dont Fall 2024 · $35k 
FALL 2024 · $23k 
Holy Shot 2025 · $9.5k 
Cellings 2021 · EA · $8.9k 
Meddl Dash 2024 · $6.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I dont Fall | older | $6.99 | 169 84% | 5.1k | $35k (exactly $35,439) | PUMPKIM |
| | FALL | $4.99 | 153 88% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | 谭浩翔 | |
| | Holy Shot | $5.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | LoneWolf Digital Arts | |
| | Cellings | · EA older | $7.99 | 37 94% | 1.1k | $8.9k (exactly $8,869) | Struct9 |
| | Meddl Dash | older | $0.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rainer Zufall |
 | Metal Gunner | older | $9.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | KIMYS STUDIO |
 | Into The Sky | older | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Qube Qross | older | $5.99 | 18 55% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | Poly Poly Games, Kibi Games |
 | GARDEN OF EDEN | older | $15.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | 凯撒工作室 |
 | I Am a Rock | · EA older | $1.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $2.4k (exactly $2,388) | PanGuoJun |
 | Separium: 12th Elevator | $8.88 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,332) | ptpearl | |
 | Diamond Painting | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | LeiZna | |
 | CodeWar Kingdom | $8.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | NULL. | |
 | Harvester Arno | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LAL | |
 | Vanishing In The Island Halphéra | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Soghoxal | |
 | Do Goats Dream of Golden Grass? | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | teamAlpha | |
 | AnimalSchool | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Chengdu Smart Mapping Equation Technolo… (Chengdu Smart Mapping Equation Technology Co., Ltd.) | |
 | 小豆丁爱冒险 | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DouDingGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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