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Should I ship a Pirate 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Pirates
Only 10 developers shipped a Pirate 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, hololive GoroGoro Mountain, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $13k, ×22 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $13,640) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- Pirates
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 77% positive over 82 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Wavetale 2022 · $2.3M 
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara 2023 · $110k 
Only Up ! 2024 · $45k 
Angry Penguin 2024 · $20k 
Only Up! 1 2023 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wavetale | older | $29.99 | 2,579 88% | 77k | $2.3M (exactly $2,320,326) | Thunderful Development |
| | Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara | older | $19.99 | 184 90% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | Chibig, Undercoders |
| | Only Up ! | older | $6.99 | 216 26% | 6.5k | $45k (exactly $45,295) | WGI GAMING |
| | Angry Penguin | older | $1.99 | 328 92% | 9.8k | $20k (exactly $19,582) | PAIN PEPPER |
| | Only Up! 1 | older | $4.99 | 101 42% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $15,120) | WGI GAMING, WGI GAMING |
 | hololive GoroGoro Mountain | $12.99 | 35 77% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $13,640) | BeXide Inc. | |
 | Neko Ghost, Jump! | · EA older | $9.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Burgos Games |
 | Cloud Escape | older | $4.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | endeetree |
 | Kraken Odyssey | older | $14.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Honikou Games |
 | Flynn and Freckles | older | $9.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Rookie Hero Games |
 | Pumuckl and the Crown of the Pirate King | $29.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Quantumfrog | |
 | Cannonball Crew | $2.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | Sweetbeard | |
 | Girl Island | · EA | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Little Fish Studio |
 | Only Up 3 | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | WGI GAMING | |
 | Blackbeard's Treasure | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SAT-BOX | |
 | SkullPirates | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Arcade Distillery | |
 | Captain Sharkbait: Voyage for Treasure | $0.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Dylan Gray | |
 | Stranded at Sea | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James G… (Owen Delwiche, Preston Lindley, James Goodwin) | |
 | Pirate Ghost Ship | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hawk Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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