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Should I ship a Golf 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Golf
Only 16 developers shipped a Golf 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, Super 10 Pin, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is up 695% on the market; 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $33,092) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 695% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Golf
- 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, Golf; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Physics, Simulation, Arcade
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 169 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
Comparable games
Multiplayer Platform Golf 2024 · $44k 
Super 10 Pin 2025 · $33k 
Koala Kids Golf 2023 · $5.1k 
Fore Score 2022 · $4.0k 
Don't Fall 2026 · $4.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Multiplayer Platform Golf | older | $4.99 | 293 89% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $43,862) | Robot Assembly |
| | Super 10 Pin | $11.99 | 92 98% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,092) | Modus Interactive | |
| | Koala Kids Golf | older | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Doomster Entertainment |
| | Fore Score | older | $4.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Rudiment Games |
| | Don't Fall | $6.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Shine 3D | |
 | Grippy Golf | older | $11.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Switchback Studio |
 | Super Serious Golf | $4.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Karnage Studios | |
 | Golf Around 2 | $7.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Hough Studio | |
 | Golf With Your Grandmother | older | $4.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Nevsram |
 | Smoots Golf | older | $9.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Kaneda Games |
 | 高球王者 GolfKings | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 小如文化 | |
 | Soap Slide | · EA | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Rise Studio |
 | Desktop GOLF | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Putt It In Orbit | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Hoem Made Games | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Really Simple Golf | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Lukudev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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