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Should I ship a Grid-Based Movement 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Grid-Based Movement
Only 14 developers shipped a Grid-Based Movement 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, Axyz, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 5% | $43k (exactly $43,164) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Grid-Based Movement
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 236 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Last Cube 2022 · $77k 
Axyz 2025 · $43k 
About Love, Hate And The Other Ones 2 2020 · $13k 
Heroic Aegisio: Origins 2025 · $6.5k 
One Hundred Ways 2015 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Last Cube | older | $19.99 | 129 96% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,361) | Improx Games |
| | Axyz | $11.99 | 120 99% | 3.6k | $43k (exactly $43,164) | Space Lion Studios | |
| | About Love, Hate And The Other Ones 2 | older | $10.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $13k (exactly $13,188) | Black Pants Studio, Tobias Bilgeri |
| | Heroic Aegisio: Origins | $7.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Vview Games | |
| | One Hundred Ways | older | $7.99 | 18 44% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Sunlight Games |
 | Mirage: Ignis Fatuus | $16.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.6k (exactly $3,568) | Illam | |
 | Fable of Sand Paws | older | $10.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Arthur Iung Dias |
 | Lefty | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Light Studio | نقش الضوء | |
 | babe-lathe | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | tjern | |
 | Blooby Block | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Basement Fun Games |
 | Tetro Runner | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Rollmop Games Studio | |
 | Hentai Merge Dice | $1.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | theNeko | |
 | Ratico Puzzle Adventure | $1.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Navarro PIM Ltd. | |
 | O.W.L Projekt 2 | $1.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Sagitta Studios | |
 | Warp Dash | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Adweb |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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