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Should I ship a Mining 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Mining
Only 11 developers shipped a Mining 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, Nuclear Epoch, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 205% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) |
| Top 5% | $219k (exactly $219,004) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 205% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Mining
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Mining
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 70% positive over 661 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
Comparable games
Nuclear Epoch 2026 · $219k 
Stretcher Together 2025 · $17k 
Animal Doctor 2021 · $16k 
Santa's Story of Christmas 2018 · $7.2k 
Crystal Blast VR 2023 · $2.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nuclear Epoch | $14.99 | 487 78% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,004) | Cat Play Studio | |
| | Stretcher Together | $4.99 | 116 47% | 3.5k | $17k (exactly $17,365) | Goosix Games | |
| | Animal Doctor | older | $19.99 | 27 25% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | Caipirinha Games |
| | Santa's Story of Christmas | older | $9.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Spinix Games |
| | Crystal Blast VR | older | $4.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | +Umbrella |
 | Delivery Up Together | $5.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Artem Breineng | |
 | Cultivation: Mystic Realm of Spirit Mountain | $8.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | CAO JUN | |
 | The D-T.E.A.M. | · EA older | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Bottled Games Interactive |
 | Hexfactory | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Aquila Industrial | |
 | Girl Island | · EA | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Little Fish Studio |
 | Goblin: Mutation | $3.00 | 14 21% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,260) | richard | |
 | Lingyao Garden | 虚空灵药园 | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | GCN | |
 | Traveler: Set Sail | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shyan Wei | |
 | Obelisk Foundry | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZxStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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