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Should I ship a Minigames 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Minigames
Only 9 developers shipped a Minigames 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, Feather Party, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.3k, ×5.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×235 the market median. Revenue is up 815% on the market; 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Top 5% | $148k (exactly $147,796) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 815% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Minigames
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 219,598 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
My Singing Monsters Playground 2021 · $316k 
My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery 2024 · $151k 
Feather Party 2026 · $148k 
Minigame Madness 2023 · EA · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | My Singing Monsters Playground | older | $39.99 | 263 82% | 7.9k | $316k (exactly $315,521) | Big Blue Bubble |
| | My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery | older | $39.99 | 126 73% | 3.8k | $151k (exactly $151,162) | Drakhar Studios |
| | Feather Party | $8.99 | 548 87% | 16k | $148k (exactly $147,796) | threeW | |
| | Minigame Madness | · EA older | $9.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Chaotic Entertainment |
 | Indiecalypse | older | $12.99 | 24 37% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | JanduSoft |
 | Roxy Raccoon | older | $9.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Sinomod Studios |
 | Solvimus | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Iocus GmbH | |
 | Potato Arena | $9.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Erik Games | |
 | Party Madness | $3.99 | 51 76% | 1.5k | $6.1k (exactly $6,105) | Devotion Interactive | |
 | Super Serious Golf | $4.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Karnage Studios | |
 | Sheep Sweep | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Elegant Horse Studios | |
 | Bum Bum Monsterz | · EA | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Funmoth Oyun Teknolojileri Anonim Sirke… (Funmoth Oyun Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi) |
 | Turnip Rush | · EA | $6.90 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Surlteko Studio |
 | Nightmare Tides | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CHEN XIANGWEI |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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