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Should I ship a 3D Platformer MMORPG?
MMORPG + 3D Platformer
Only 2 developers shipped a paid 3D Platformer MMORPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 8 did: 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.. 7 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 43 more are announced, ×43 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $27k against a market of $1.3k. 43 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $327 (exactly $327) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,395) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,775) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 43 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 66%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MMORPG
- effort 10 / 10 · low · persistent world servers and a live economy
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 1,406 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×43 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MMORPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
Paw Patrol: On A Roll! 2018 · $310k 
Evil Tag 2017 · $38k 
StarArc Echo 2025 · $27k 
仙途世界 2024 · $14k 
Savage: Ultimate Boss Fight 2024 · $9.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Paw Patrol: On A Roll! | older | $29.99 | 345 84% | 10k | $310k (exactly $310,396) | Torus Games |
| | Evil Tag | older | $1.99 | 641 66% | 19k | $38k (exactly $38,268) | HFM Games |
| | StarArc Echo | $5.99 | 149 66% | 4.5k | $27k (exactly $26,775) | 兔狐喵菇工作室 | |
| | 仙途世界 | older | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Deep Cave |
| | Savage: Ultimate Boss Fight | older | $4.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | SavageDev |
 | Giant Beast Island | $6.99 | 37 59% | 1.1k | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) | Dinosaur Studio | |
 | ADONIS | · EA older | $14.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Lorenzo Entertainment |
 | 神徒 | older | $3.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | 陈世杰 |
 | Sojo | · EA older | $5.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $3.4k (exactly $3,414) | bagoDev LLC |
 | Flower Design | older | $0.99 | 84 60% | 2.5k | $2.5k (exactly $2,495) | PanGuoJun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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