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Should I ship a 3D Platformer MOBA?
MOBA + 3D Platformer
Only 10 developers shipped a 3D Platformer MOBA 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, The AC130 slays the zombies., 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, ×8.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.3k. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 5% | $45k (exactly $45,127) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 66% positive over 480 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
Goonya Monster 2022 · $111k 
The AC130 slays the zombies. 2025 · $45k 
Alien Hallway 2011 · $18k 
FMTC 2025 · $16k 
Never BreakUp 2022 · $3.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Goonya Monster | older | $19.99 | 185 76% | 5.6k | $111k (exactly $110,944) | MUTAN |
| | The AC130 slays the zombies. | $3.99 | 377 63% | 11k | $45k (exactly $45,127) | 汪双羽 | |
| | Alien Hallway | older | $4.99 | 122 72% | 3.7k | $18k (exactly $18,263) | Sigma Team Inc. |
| | FMTC | $7.00 | 75 78% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $15,750) | FMTC | |
| | Never BreakUp | older | $8.99 | 14 35% | 420 | $3.8k (exactly $3,776) | ISVR北京互联星梦科技有限公司 |
 | 女神試煉 Quest of Goddess | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | DNAXCAT CO., LTD. | |
 | Dream Fight Will | older | $7.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | 张亮002 |
 | Yeah Wow Hey | older | $5.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Electric Maverick Game |
 | Soulfire : Weapon Master | · EA older | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | AyDream Co., Ltd. |
 | Girls Tennis League | older | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | shaka chen |
 | Attack on Steel | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Filet Studio | |
 | 星宇战舰 Astral-Battlecraft | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Jilin Code Rabbit Network Game Co.,Ltd. | |
 | poo poo war | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 张程 | |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | HideSeekBattle | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | GuXian | |
 | Squad Raid | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chen Jie | |
 | Echoes Of Formation | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nanjing Shangxiangyujiu Network Technol… (Nanjing Shangxiangyujiu Network Technology Co., Ltd.) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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