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Should I ship a Loot 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Loot
Of 32 developers who shipped a Loot 3D Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 18 developers shipped in the last year and 46 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) |
| Top 5% | $108k (exactly $107,557) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 81 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Loot
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Loot; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action-Adventure, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,520 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
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Comparable games
轮回修仙路 2023 · $1.5M 
PIT OF GOBLIN 2024 · EA · $164k 
Goonya Monster 2022 · $111k 
Cultivation Magic World 2026 · EA · $108k 
Shirone: the Dragon Girl 2022 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 轮回修仙路 | older | $16.99 | 2,945 82% | 88k | $1.5M (exactly $1,501,066) | 烟水寒工作室 |
| | PIT OF GOBLIN | · EA | $5.99 | 915 84% | 27k | $164k (exactly $164,426) | Friendly Foe |
| | Goonya Monster | older | $19.99 | 185 76% | 5.6k | $111k (exactly $110,944) | MUTAN |
| | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
| | Shirone: the Dragon Girl | older | $14.99 | 117 99% | 3.5k | $53k (exactly $52,615) | Oimoland |
 | XiuzhenWorld2 | $12.99 | 134 67% | 4.0k | $52k (exactly $52,220) | Noforgetit | |
 | Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER | older | $5.99 | 268 64% | 8.0k | $48k (exactly $48,160) | Ash Game Studio |
 | Juro Janosik | older | $10.99 | 82 95% | 2.5k | $27k (exactly $27,035) | Peter Jurkovsky |
 | Ichima-san | older | $10.99 | 61 100% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $20,112) | sewohayami |
 | Mars Rover Simulator | older | $19.99 | 24 25% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | DexterCoding |
 | 古咒迷途 (lost curse) | $3.99 | 68 95% | 2.0k | $8.1k (exactly $8,140) | 拙画翁 | |
 | The Worries of Santa Clauses | $7.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | riinwin | |
 | Fruitimo! | $5.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $6.3k (exactly $6,290) | PLANETA | |
 | Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection | $6.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Violet Soft | |
 | run for money Hunter vs. Runner! Which side will you win!? | $29.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | INFINITY Co., Ltd. | |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | Garden Hunt | $3.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | CREA CLAN, カミエナ / KamiEna |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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