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Should I ship a Mystery Dungeon 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Mystery Dungeon
Of 23 developers who shipped a Mystery Dungeon 3D Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×33 the market median. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $20,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 90% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Mystery Dungeon; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,184 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Hourglass 2021 · $199k 
PIT OF GOBLIN 2024 · EA · $164k 
DungeonCrawlers 2025 · $21k 
The Maze Survivor: The 9th Entrants 2025 · $17k 
PENGUIN HOTEL 2 -Snake Penguin Ambition- 2025 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hourglass | older | $19.99 | 331 88% | 9.9k | $199k (exactly $198,501) | Cyberwave |
| | PIT OF GOBLIN | · EA | $5.99 | 915 84% | 27k | $164k (exactly $164,426) | Friendly Foe |
| | DungeonCrawlers | $8.99 | 77 68% | 2.3k | $21k (exactly $20,767) | KusanohitoCreative | |
| | The Maze Survivor: The 9th Entrants | $8.99 | 62 82% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $16,721) | 崔资坦独立游戏Triztan IndieGame | |
| | PENGUIN HOTEL 2 -Snake Penguin Ambition- | $9.99 | 40 100% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | lemorion_1224 | |
 | 2番線 | Nibansen | older | $4.99 | 66 80% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | MFC STUDIO |
 | Holy Shot | $5.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | LoneWolf Digital Arts | |
 | Man in gravity | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | JongRo 3_Street | older | $6.99 | 31 58% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | BlueKim |
 | THE ILLUSION: CURSE | older | $19.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Raven Games |
 | UnPlugged | $5.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) | DemonLabs Interactive | |
 | Lightkeeper's Curse | $8.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Shire Brew Studios | |
 | SaveShe | $69.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $2.1k (exactly $2,100) | shibahuax | |
 | The Pilgrim's Progress | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Elvio Lujan | |
 | Creation of a god: The Eternal Village | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Lost Dreams Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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