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Should I ship an Intentionally Awkward Controls 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Intentionally Awkward Controls
Only 12 developers shipped an Intentionally Awkward Controls 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, Get Tilted! :), made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×32 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 4 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,236) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Intentionally Awkward Controls
- 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, Intentionally Awkward Controls
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 173 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
I Am Bread 2015 · $1.9M 
The Game of Sisyphus 2024 · $155k 
Unicycle Pizza Time! 2024 · $22k 
Get Tilted! :) 2025 · $20k 
Soviet Bear Uni Adventure 2019 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I Am Bread | older | $12.99 | 4,793 78% | 144k | $1.9M (exactly $1,867,832) | Bossa Studios |
| | The Game of Sisyphus | older | $6.99 | 741 79% | 22k | $155k (exactly $155,388) | cream |
| | Unicycle Pizza Time! | older | $4.99 | 145 78% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,706) | BiteMe Games |
| | Get Tilted! :) | $14.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Timebat Studio | |
| | Soviet Bear Uni Adventure | older | $9.99 | 65 69% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | J |
 | LOST EGG | older | $2.99 | 153 80% | 4.6k | $14k (exactly $13,724) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
 | Handstand Hank | $4.99 | 65 95% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | Michael Fischer | |
 | Fish Hero | older | $2.99 | 100 77% | 3.0k | $9.0k (exactly $8,970) | MODE24 |
 | Nolgorb's Ordeal | older | $3.99 | 61 72% | 1.8k | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) | Hard Meat |
 | Three Goblin Wobblin' | older | $7.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Cutting Edge Entertainment |
 | Ropebound | $4.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Bubbling Cat Games | |
 | Put the Sausage in the Bun | $4.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Polysoup Interactive | |
 | Getting Over It with Your Body | $9.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | BombGame | |
 | a Difficult game about Wheelchair | $2.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | SATEKI GAMES | |
 | Bermel | $1.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | FaredOn | |
 | Hop to It! | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | RBG | |
 | DAMN Gravity! | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Clever Tiger Games | |
 | Goo Go | $1.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $135 (exactly $135) | Draft Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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