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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + 3D Platformer
Only 12 developers shipped a 3D Platformer Grand Strategy 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, Heroic Aegisio: Origins, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $240 against a market of $1.5k. 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $564 (exactly $564) |
| Top 5% | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grand Strategy
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 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
- Grand Strategy, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 77% positive over 58 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Grand Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + SportsFair
- + RogueliteFair
- + CrimeFair
- + RacingFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceLong shot
- + TabletopLong shot
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
The Age of Navigation 2022 · $29k 
Desert Special Forces 2024 · $12k 
Heroic Aegisio: Origins 2025 · $6.5k 
World of Retailing 2022 · EA · $3.6k 
Maiz 2023 · $2.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Age of Navigation | older | $5.99 | 164 57% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Upstream Games |
| | Desert Special Forces | older | $19.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Gamesforgames |
| | Heroic Aegisio: Origins | $7.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Vview Games | |
| | World of Retailing | · EA older | $19.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | MazeDEV, Evoke-Gaming |
| | Maiz | older | $3.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | Critix Studios |
 | Tap Tap Builder | older | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Hippo Games |
 | Explore Dreams: Dreamcore | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Maxwell Play | |
 | The Ghost - Task of the Ghost Hunters | · EA older | $34.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $1.1k (exactly $1,050) | MS Games and Software UG |
 | Knowledge Domination | $0.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Frosy Games | |
 | Dice Tech Dominion - Enter the Shadow Circuit | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | AUTeddy | |
 | Only for Gamers | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Merhaba Yazılım | |
 | Reality Rifts | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Infinity Requiem Studio | |
 | Investormania | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | NIGHTCREW |
 | Escape the Maze | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Fatih CALISKAN |
 | Oblivion's Gate | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TTech Studio |
 | Stealth Maker | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | VirtualGameStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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