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Should I ship a Precision Platformer 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Precision Platformer
Of 402 developers who shipped a Precision Platformer 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.. 386 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 231 developers shipped in the last year and 386 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $135 (exactly $135) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $42k (exactly $41,940) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 402 |
| Released games | 1,049 |
| Announced | 386 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Precision Platformer
- 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, Precision Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Platformer, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 26,378 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $140. 9 in 10 of the 214 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 386 games are announced against 231 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Neon White 2022 · $13M 
White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M 
Hot Lava 2019 · $3.2M 
I Am Fish 2021 · $1.7M 
PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC 2022 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neon White | older | $24.99 | 17,259 97% | 518k | $13M (exactly $12,939,072) | Angel Matrix |
| | White Knuckle | · EA | $16.99 | 13,356 98% | 401k | $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) | Dark Machine Games |
| | Hot Lava | older | $19.99 | 5,335 92% | 160k | $3.2M (exactly $3,199,399) | Klei Entertainment |
| | I Am Fish | older | $19.99 | 2,917 75% | 88k | $1.7M (exactly $1,749,325) | Bossa Studios |
| | PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC | older | $29.99 | 1,644 92% | 49k | $1.5M (exactly $1,479,107) | NOW PRODUCTION |
 | Cyber Hook | older | $14.99 | 3,102 95% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) | Blazing Stick |
 | Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered | $29.99 | 1,507 89% | 45k | $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) | Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics | |
 | Get To Work | $12.99 | 3,456 88% | 104k | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) | Isto Inc. | |
 | Blue Fire | older | $19.99 | 1,908 83% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,144,228) | Robi Studios |
 | Monument Valley 3 | $14.99 | 2,155 93% | 65k | $969k (exactly $969,104) | ustwo games | |
 | Luna Abyss | $29.99 | 923 86% | 28k | $830k (exactly $830,423) | Kwalee Labs | |
 | Super Meat Boy 3D | $24.99 | 828 87% | 25k | $621k (exactly $620,752) | Sluggerfly, Team Meat | |
 | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
 | CICADAMATA" | $9.99 | 1,419 96% | 43k | $425k (exactly $425,274) | ✿ flowergarden | |
 | Egging On | $14.99 | 747 74% | 22k | $336k (exactly $335,926) | Egobounds | |
 | Paddle Paddle Paddle | $4.99 | 1,584 86% | 48k | $237k (exactly $237,125) | Zoroarts |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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