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Should I ship a Music 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Music
Only 14 developers shipped a Music 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, Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 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 $1.0k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $2.3M, ×3711 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $148k (exactly $148,008) |
| Top 5% | $2.3M (exactly $2,330,534) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 22 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Music
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 3,256 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Visual NovelFair
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- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
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Comparable games
In Sound Mind 2021 · $5.7M 
The Pathless 2021 · $2.3M 
Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4 2025 · $2.3M 
No Straight Roads: Encore Edition 2021 · $1.4M 
BALAN WONDERWORLD 2021 · $545k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | In Sound Mind | older | $34.99 | 5,467 95% | 164k | $5.7M (exactly $5,738,710) | We Create Stuff |
| | The Pathless | older | $39.99 | 1,944 90% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,332,217) | Giant Squid |
| | Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4 | $49.99 | 1,554 68% | 47k | $2.3M (exactly $2,330,534) | Iron Galaxy Studios | |
| | No Straight Roads: Encore Edition | older | $24.99 | 1,813 89% | 54k | $1.4M (exactly $1,359,206) | Metronomik |
| | BALAN WONDERWORLD | older | $39.99 | 454 55% | 14k | $545k (exactly $544,664) | Square Enix, ARZEST Corp. |
 | Mr. Sleepy Man | $19.99 | 636 98% | 19k | $381k (exactly $381,409) | Devin Santi | |
 | Metro Gravity | $12.99 | 852 92% | 26k | $332k (exactly $332,024) | mrkogamedev | |
 | My Singing Monsters Playground | older | $39.99 | 263 82% | 7.9k | $316k (exactly $315,521) | Big Blue Bubble |
 | Music Racer | older | $1.99 | 3,332 87% | 100k | $199k (exactly $198,920) | AbstractArt |
 | Giraffe and Annika | older | $19.99 | 293 92% | 8.8k | $176k (exactly $175,712) | atelier mimina |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | Dance Eden | $19.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $25k (exactly $25,187) | DigiEden | |
 | Scuttle | $6.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Altered Self Games | |
 | Synthwave Tunnel | · EA | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Retrowave Barro Crazy Drift | $15.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | thinfat | |
 | DREAM WAVE'84 | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | John Pfeifer | |
 | Geometry Jump: Impossible Game | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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