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Should I ship a Mythological 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Mythology
Of 39 developers who shipped a Mythological 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.. 69 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $60k, ×96 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 69 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $208 (exactly $208) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $60k (exactly $60,014) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 39 |
| Released games | 121 |
| Announced | 69 |
| 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 down 65% on the market, supply 10% 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 858 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 69 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
Comparable games
Bramble: The Mountain King 2023 · $5.9M 
Praey for the Gods 2021 · $2.2M 
Raji: An Ancient Epic 2020 · $1.6M 
Sword and Fairy 3 2021 · $464k 
El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster 2021 · $411k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bramble: The Mountain King | older | $29.99 | 6,512 94% | 195k | $5.9M (exactly $5,858,846) | Dimfrost Studio |
| | Praey for the Gods | older | $29.99 | 2,489 82% | 75k | $2.2M (exactly $2,239,353) | No Matter Studios |
| | Raji: An Ancient Epic | older | $24.99 | 2,197 86% | 66k | $1.6M (exactly $1,647,091) | Nodding Heads Games |
| | Sword and Fairy 3 | older | $7.99 | 1,936 84% | 58k | $464k (exactly $464,059) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI) |
| | El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster | older | $29.99 | 457 83% | 14k | $411k (exactly $411,163) | crim Co., Ltd. |
 | Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy | older | $14.99 | 626 94% | 19k | $282k (exactly $281,512) | Eurocom, THQ Nordic |
 | Super Kiwi 64 | older | $2.99 | 1,805 95% | 54k | $162k (exactly $161,908) | Siactro |
 | The Game of Sisyphus | older | $6.99 | 741 79% | 22k | $155k (exactly $155,388) | cream |
 | Skábma™ - Snowfall | older | $19.99 | 191 81% | 5.7k | $115k (exactly $114,543) | Red Stage Entertainment |
 | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
 | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
 | XiuzhenWorld2 | $12.99 | 134 67% | 4.0k | $52k (exactly $52,220) | Noforgetit | |
 | Liuyin's world | $18.99 | 79 89% | 2.4k | $45k (exactly $45,006) | kingnagame | |
 | KAMiBAKO - Mythology of Cube - | $29.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | GRAVITY GAME ARISE | |
 | IZON. | $12.99 | 44 95% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $17,147) | C&R Creative Studios | |
 | Hirogami | $19.99 | 27 66% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | Bandai Namco Studios Singapore Pte. Ltd… (Bandai Namco Studios Singapore Pte. Ltd., Bandai Namco Studios Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.) | |
 | Pyramidion | · EA | $4.99 | 71 85% | 2.1k | $11k (exactly $10,629) | TechDevAYDIN |
 | Emirati Tales | $9.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Hamdan Hamid | |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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