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Should I ship a Point & Click 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Point & Click
Of 43 developers who shipped a Point & Click 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.. 36 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 24 developers shipped in the last year and 36 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $178 (exactly $178) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) |
| Top 5% | $323k (exactly $323,106) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 152 |
| Announced | 36 |
| 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 50% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 4,528 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
SHUTEN ORDER 2025 · $1.1M 
Monument Valley 3 2025 · $969k 
Winion Virus 2024 · $323k 
Tiny Lands 2021 · $182k 
Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) 2009 · $135k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SHUTEN ORDER | $49.99 | 712 80% | 21k | $1.1M (exactly $1,067,786) | Neilo Inc. | |
| | Monument Valley 3 | $14.99 | 2,155 93% | 65k | $969k (exactly $969,104) | ustwo games | |
| | Winion Virus | $10.99 | 980 94% | 29k | $323k (exactly $323,106) | Dawntown Studio | |
| | Tiny Lands | older | $6.99 | 870 92% | 26k | $182k (exactly $182,439) | Hyper Three Studio |
| | Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) | older | $5.99 | 750 55% | 23k | $135k (exactly $134,775) | Revolution Software Ltd |
 | Broken Sword 4 - the Angel of Death (2006) | older | $5.99 | 456 43% | 14k | $82k (exactly $81,943) | Sumo Digital Ltd |
 | NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム) | $11.99 | 148 93% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $53,236) | Polyscape Inc. | |
 | Playing House | $6.99 | 197 94% | 5.9k | $41k (exactly $41,311) | 鬱薔薇檸檬(UtubaraLemon) | |
 | Tiny Lands 2 | $9.99 | 126 94% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $37,762) | Hyper Three Studio | |
 | Frog's Adventure | older | $4.99 | 197 99% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,491) | Sokpop Collective |
 | Bottle Can Float | $3.99 | 91 89% | 2.7k | $11k (exactly $10,893) | Kayla.Z | |
 | 百尺様 | $6.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $7.5k (exactly $7,549) | Neruneko | |
 | Hardcore and Death | $1.99 | 64 84% | 1.9k | $3.8k (exactly $3,821) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | Where wh..? | $4.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Pita Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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