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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Post-apocalyptic
Of 57 developers who shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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.. 124 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 28 developers shipped in the last year and 124 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,934) |
| Top 5% | $219k (exactly $219,004) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 57 |
| Released games | 178 |
| Announced | 124 |
| 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 up 890% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Story Rich, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 3,531 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 124 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dating SimFair
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- + Visual NovelFair
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- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
Comparable games
The Talos Principle 2 2023 · $11M 
Chained Together 2024 · $8.2M 
Sunset Overdrive 2018 · $7.2M 
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition 2013 · $3.5M 
Caravan SandWitch 2024 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Talos Principle 2 | older | $29.99 | 12,478 94% | 374k | $11M (exactly $11,226,457) | Croteam |
| | Chained Together | older | $4.99 | 54,747 89% | 1.6M | $8.2M (exactly $8,195,626) | Anegar Games, Lab42 |
| | Sunset Overdrive | older | $19.99 | 12,082 90% | 362k | $7.2M (exactly $7,245,575) | Insomniac Games, Blind Squirrel Games |
| | ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition | older | $19.99 | 5,789 86% | 174k | $3.5M (exactly $3,471,663) | Ninja Theory |
| | Caravan SandWitch | older | $24.99 | 2,797 88% | 84k | $2.1M (exactly $2,096,911) | Studio Plane Toast |
 | IfSunSets | · EA | $19.99 | 2,284 74% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,369,715) | POLYMORPH |
 | ReCore: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,441 62% | 43k | $864k (exactly $864,168) | Armature Studio, LLC, Comcept |
 | Lifeless Planet Premier Edition | older | $9.99 | 2,529 78% | 76k | $758k (exactly $757,941) | Serenity Forge |
 | The Upturned | older | $9.99 | 2,482 99% | 74k | $744k (exactly $743,855) | Zeekerss |
 | Disney•Pixar WALL-E | older | $19.99 | 1,061 96% | 32k | $636k (exactly $636,282) | Asobo Studio |
 | Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate | $49.99 | 149 62% | 4.5k | $223k (exactly $223,455) | Mighty Eyes | |
 | Nuclear Epoch | $14.99 | 487 78% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,004) | Cat Play Studio | |
 | Fading Echo | $19.99 | 90 92% | 2.7k | $54k (exactly $53,973) | Emeteria | |
 | Ultimate Drummer | $5.99 | 170 98% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Cool 3D World | |
 | Parking Together! | $9.99 | 88 95% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | ENGAWA GAMES | |
 | FALL | $4.99 | 153 88% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | 谭浩翔 | |
 | WHITE CHOCOLATE | $3.99 | 78 94% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | Bakery of Games | |
 | EagleRoad:WorldRise | $9.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | XuJie | |
 | Soar: Pillars of Tasneem | $19.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Kimchi Corp |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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