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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + 3D Platformer
Of 23 developers who shipped a 3D Platformer Looter Shooter 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.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $92k, ×62 the market median. Revenue is up 980% on the market; 16 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $93k (exactly $92,907) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 980% on the market, supply 30% 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.
- Looter Shooter
- effort 8 / 10 · low · online co-op and a loot economy on top of a shooter
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, 3D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,054 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MechsFair
- + Vehicular CombatFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
Comparable games
Nuclear Epoch 2026 · $219k 
Nakara 2026 · $93k 
LevelUp With 100 Cyber Girlfriend 2025 · $68k 
Fracturefront 2025 · $17k 
TuHou Remilia - Begin Of Scarlet Family 2022 · $6.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nuclear Epoch | $14.99 | 487 78% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,004) | Cat Play Studio | |
| | Nakara | $9.99 | 310 91% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $92,907) | R3dspike | |
| | LevelUp With 100 Cyber Girlfriend | $17.99 | 126 76% | 3.8k | $68k (exactly $68,002) | 雙峰狂詩曲 | |
| | Fracturefront | $8.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $17,261) | 梦行志远 | |
| | TuHou Remilia - Begin Of Scarlet Family | older | $6.99 | 33 9% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | CoKe_Deer |
 | EagleRoad:WorldRise | $9.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | XuJie | |
 | Smells Like a Mushroom | older | $16.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $3.6k (exactly $3,568) | Red Limb Studio |
 | Gatherings | older | $4.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Lobster Games |
 | SurgePoint | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | The Blue |
 | Apocalypse Survivor | · EA | $6.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | li jun tao |
 | DarkMytholoqy:Lucy | $2.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Kioren Game | |
 | Depths of Insanity 3 | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Sloppy Joe Studios | |
 | Street grabbing of territory | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Southern Vermilion Bird |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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