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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + 3D Platformer
Only 15 developers shipped a 3D Platformer Hero Shooter 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, Prison Escape Simulator, 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, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 5% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.00 |
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 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $7.00 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 71% positive over 49 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
OTTTD 2014 · $46k 
J15 Jet Fighter VR (歼15舰载机) 2018 · EA · $13k 
Desert Special Forces 2024 · $12k 
The Otterman Empire 2020 · $6.7k 
Prison Escape Simulator 2025 · $5.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | OTTTD | older | $7.99 | 190 78% | 5.7k | $46k (exactly $45,543) | SMG Studio |
| | J15 Jet Fighter VR (歼15舰载机) | · EA older | $9.99 | 44 47% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Magicvalley Studio |
| | Desert Special Forces | older | $19.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Gamesforgames |
| | The Otterman Empire | older | $15.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $6.7k (exactly $6,716) | Tri-Heart Interactive |
| | Prison Escape Simulator | $9.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | PEGAX Studios | |
 | Just Skill Shooter 4 | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Skeletos Sword | older | $8.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Gamesforfarm |
 | Wild Gun | older | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | KIMYS STUDIO |
 | In Search of Freedom | $10.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Pierucci Studios | |
 | Shoot The Barrel - BING BANG BOOM | · EA older | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Shoot The Barrel |
 | 出马Spirit Rider | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 狗狗显卡 | |
 | 3D Raid River | $0.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | MLB-Miagui | |
 | Dungeons Bomb | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MARIOZY | |
 | I FORGOT TO TAKE THE CHICKEN OUT OF THE FREEZER | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Yomen Tohmaz | |
 | POPOLOGIST® Camera Slinger | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Joe Rey, POPOLOGY® Networks | |
 | Space IXI Frontier Wars | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Roberto Joaquin Garay Medrano | |
 | Task Code Foolish | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bgame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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