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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Quick-Time Events
Of 44 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events 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.. 52 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 27 developers shipped in the last year and 52 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $60k (exactly $60,014) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 93 |
| Announced | 52 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 13,277 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 8 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 52 games are announced against 27 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
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS 2024 · $18M 
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC 2025 · $624k 
Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) 2009 · $135k 
Twelves:Shadow 2025 · $60k 
Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush 2023 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS | $49.99 | 12,178 96% | 365k | $18M (exactly $18,263,347) | Sonic Team | |
| | PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC | $29.99 | 694 90% | 21k | $624k (exactly $624,392) | NOW PRODUCTION Co., Ltd. | |
| | Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) | older | $5.99 | 750 55% | 23k | $135k (exactly $134,775) | Revolution Software Ltd |
| | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
| | Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush | older | $7.99 | 209 92% | 6.3k | $50k (exactly $50,097) | Giovanni Elgert |
 | Frog Jump | $4.99 | 158 86% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | SlugShot Games | |
 | Angry Penguin | older | $1.99 | 328 92% | 9.8k | $20k (exactly $19,582) | PAIN PEPPER |
 | Nomyou | $11.99 | 39 56% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,028) | Kudalyn's Creations | |
 | 2 Bows 1 Arrow | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | SKL Games | |
 | BandRoll | · EA older | $1.99 | 98 85% | 2.9k | $5.9k (exactly $5,851) | Bluespy Studios |
 | Medieval Tavern Simulator | · EA | $10.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.0k (exactly $1,978) | Superwolf Game Studio |
 | Strong Crab | $5.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Kayla.Z | |
 | Super Miaoyin | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | Hou Xiaohou | |
 | Sleeping Dragon | $19.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Vermillion Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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