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Should I ship a Martial-Arts 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Martial Arts
Only 18 developers shipped a Martial-Arts 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, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $78k, ×125 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 31 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $79k (exactly $78,718) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 60% on the market, supply 20% 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
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cartoon, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 452 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, 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
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst 2020 · $8.4M 
Fight Angel Special Edition 2019 · $1.1M 
The Forgotten Concluder 2023 · $670k 
Sword and Fairy 3 2021 · $464k 
BAKERU 2024 · $455k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst | older | $19.99 | 14,078 79% | 422k | $8.4M (exactly $8,442,577) | DICE |
| | Fight Angel Special Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,776 75% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,065,067) | Red Fox |
| | The Forgotten Concluder | older | $24.99 | 894 74% | 27k | $670k (exactly $670,232) | Kunpo Games |
| | Sword and Fairy 3 | older | $7.99 | 1,936 84% | 58k | $464k (exactly $464,059) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI) |
| | BAKERU | older | $39.99 | 379 94% | 11k | $455k (exactly $454,686) | Good-Feel Co., Ltd. |
 | 下一站江湖Ⅰ | older | $19.99 | 581 72% | 17k | $348k (exactly $348,426) | 白玉京工作室 |
 | Legend of Kay Anniversary | older | $19.99 | 268 70% | 8.0k | $161k (exactly $160,720) | KAIKO, Neon Studios |
 | Sword and Fairy 3 Ex | older | $7.99 | 524 82% | 16k | $126k (exactly $125,603) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI) |
 | Sword and Fairy 4 | older | $12.99 | 245 77% | 7.4k | $95k (exactly $95,476) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI) |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City | $24.99 | 105 76% | 3.2k | $79k (exactly $78,718) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
 | Taiwan Coolfox | $24.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $43k (exactly $42,733) | TSAI,JIE-TING 蔡杰廷, TSAI,KAI-SHIUN 蔡凱勛 | |
 | Kick'n Hell | $7.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Fire Foot Studios | |
 | Renxia | $9.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | IcarusStudio | |
 | The Jiang Shi 2 ：Curse of Soul | $0.99 | 78 94% | 2.3k | $2.3k (exactly $2,317) | 谭浩翔 | |
 | Wukong Fight in Kaoria | $8.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | 圣工作室 | |
 | Ultimate Soccer | $2.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Grands | |
 | BLOKES on BLOCKS! | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | CRAFTS & MEISTER Co., Ltd. | |
 | Nobu Jump | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | であるりん |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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