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Should I ship a Gun Customization 3D Platformer?
Gun Customization + 3D Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Gun Customization 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, ALARIC, 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, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $89; 1 in 20 cleared $6.2k, ×10 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 95% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,127 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Gun Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ModernPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Hubris 2022 · $737k 
Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush 2023 · $50k 
ALARIC 2026 · $6.3k 
Virballs 2025 · $5.4k 
BSurfing 2021 · EA · $2.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hubris | older | $29.99 | 819 74% | 25k | $737k (exactly $736,854) | Cyborn B.V. |
| | Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush | older | $7.99 | 209 92% | 6.3k | $50k (exactly $50,097) | Giovanni Elgert |
| | ALARIC | $14.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Dominik Grigoras | |
| | Virballs | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Bolder Games, Chimera Studios | |
| | BSurfing | · EA older | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | RiadDev |
 | Guns & Fishes | · EA older | $1.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $1.7k (exactly $1,672) | Cavalry |
 | SurgePoint | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | The Blue |
 | ITERAZERS | older | $8.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | RERISE GAMES |
 | Cape Warrior | $2.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Saylor Games | |
 | Shake the Baby! | $4.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Ivories Studios | |
 | The Rewind Factory | older | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fire Dev |
 | Spellgun Sprint | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Team Spellslug | |
 | Vaccine Zombies | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | David Brinkman | |
 | Attribute2 | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | GreatZaochen | |
 | Nexfall | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BrotherByte Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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