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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Management game?
3D Platformer + Management
Of 48 developers who shipped a 3D Platformer Management game 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.. 59 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 59 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) |
| Top 5% | $26k (exactly $26,127) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 99 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 485% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Management
- 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, Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Economy, Immersive Sim
- 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, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 625 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 34 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
Comparable games
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness 2022 · $4.8M 
KAMiBAKO - Mythology of Cube - 2025 · $33k 
Casino Island Simulator 2024 · EA · $32k 
HAM: The Game 2026 · $26k 
Laundry & Supermarket Simulator 2025 · $26k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness | older | $59.99 | 2,650 79% | 80k | $4.8M (exactly $4,769,205) | Chime Corporation |
| | KAMiBAKO - Mythology of Cube - | $29.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | GRAVITY GAME ARISE | |
| | Casino Island Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 120 61% | 3.6k | $32k (exactly $32,364) | Clap Games |
| | HAM: The Game | $7.99 | 109 69% | 3.3k | $26k (exactly $26,127) | Little Bird Studios | |
| | Laundry & Supermarket Simulator | $9.99 | 86 77% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $25,774) | SmartPlayGames | |
 | Magical Bakery | $14.99 | 57 77% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | SUPERLUMEN | |
 | Fun Park Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 63 58% | 1.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Flugames |
 | 汽车帝国 | · EA older | $9.99 | 79 46% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Shanghai huan zhen Info Tech Ltd |
 | Tech Market Simulator | $9.99 | 68 60% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,380) | Clap Games | |
 | 3D PrintMaster Simulator Printer | older | $9.99 | 65 38% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | SimuVerse Studios |
 | It's On The Mouse | $11.99 | 43 81% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,467) | XryEcho | |
 | Farm Supply Simulator 25 | · EA | $11.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Superwolf Game Studio, Lycan Arts |
 | Designated Driver Simulator | · EA | $17.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | PostSIM |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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