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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + 3D Platformer
Of 49 developers who shipped a 3D Platformer Real Time Tactics 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.. 55 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 25 developers shipped in the last year and 55 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $564 (exactly $564) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $24,746) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 49 |
| Released games | 144 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 flat 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.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, 3D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 568 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. 55 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + HackingFair
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- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
BURGGEIST 2024 · $94k 
Fritz 19 SE 2023 · $59k 
NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム) 2026 · $53k 
OTTTD 2014 · $46k 
琉隐 2021 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BURGGEIST | $12.00 | 260 97% | 7.8k | $94k (exactly $93,600) | GHRIAN STUDIO | |
| | Fritz 19 SE | older | $69.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $59k (exactly $58,792) | ChessBase GmbH |
| | NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム) | $11.99 | 148 93% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $53,236) | Polyscape Inc. | |
| | OTTTD | older | $7.99 | 190 78% | 5.7k | $46k (exactly $45,543) | SMG Studio |
| | 琉隐 | older | $8.99 | 118 54% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,825) | kingna studio |
 | The Age of Navigation | older | $5.99 | 164 57% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Upstream Games |
 | Fritz Chess 20 Steam Edition | $54.99 | 15 46% | 450 | $25k (exactly $24,746) | ChessBase GmbH | |
 | Spaceship Driver License | older | $49.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $16k (exactly $16,497) | Gamesforgames |
 | Desert Special Forces | older | $19.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Gamesforgames |
 | Planet TD | older | $2.99 | 124 73% | 3.7k | $11k (exactly $11,123) | MD Games |
 | Pocket and Zooom | $15.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) | TechnoBrain | |
 | Soul•Apocalypto | $11.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $7.2k (exactly $7,194) | 卜乙冈(Ploygon) | |
 | Just Skill Shooter 4 | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames | $3.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | LAN - GAMES LTD | |
 | Only Down: Gravitation Up | $0.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | Food Store Simulator | $4.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | mobaroid | |
 | Battle Balls | · EA | $1.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Fonderland Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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