Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Resource Management 3D Platformer?

3D Platformer + Resource Management

Of 39 developers who shipped a Resource Management 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.. 57 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 19 developers shipped in the last year and 57 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 40% on the market, 57 announced, ×3.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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3D Platformer + Resource Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 39
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $479 → $210 → $449 → $479 → $239 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for 3D Platformer + Resource Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 39
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $239 (exactly $239)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,198)
Top 5% $26k (exactly $25,774)
Developers, 2 yr 39
Released games 81
Announced 57
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 40% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
3D Platformer, Resource Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Inventory Management, Management
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 74% positive over 374 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $240, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $25k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + TransportationFair13 devs · median $3.1k · 12 announced
  2. + MiningFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 11 announced
  3. + Dating SimFair36 devs · median $748 · 29 announced
  4. + GolfFair16 devs · median $719 · 16 announced
  5. + Visual NovelFair44 devs · median $716 · 39 announced
  6. + SokobanFair12 devs · median $599 · 9 announced
  7. + Survival HorrorFair111 devs · median $539 · 104 announced
  8. + Perma DeathFair36 devs · median $537 · 36 announced
  9. + AutomationFair25 devs · median $450 · 21 announced
  10. + OffroadLong shot14 devs · median $478 · 12 announced
  11. + Looter ShooterLong shot23 devs · median $449 · 16 announced
  12. + CatsLong shot66 devs · median $420 · 74 announced

All 216 pairs on the 3D Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Richman 4 2022 · $290k Citadels 2013 · $169k Real estate tycoon 2022 · EA · $138k Secret Archives 2024 · $53k HAM: The Game 2026 · $26k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Richman 4 older $5.99 1,614 74% 48k $290k (exactly $290,036) SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Citadels older $14.99 375 13% 11k $169k (exactly $168,638) Games Distillery s.r.o.
Real estate tycoon · EA older $10.99 418 63% 13k $138k (exactly $137,815) Double Eggs
Secret Archives older $15.99 111 68% 3.3k $53k (exactly $53,247) Juice Game
HAM: The Game $7.99 109 69% 3.3k $26k (exactly $26,127) Little Bird Studios
Laundry & Supermarket Simulator $9.99 86 77% 2.6k $26k (exactly $25,774) SmartPlayGames
汽车帝国 · EA older $9.99 79 46% 2.4k $24k (exactly $23,676) Shanghai huan zhen Info Tech Ltd
Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty older $9.99 58 70% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,383) Romulus
Dystopian Pet Simulator · EA $5.99 49 93% 1.5k $8.8k (exactly $8,805) dinca.team
Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator $6.99 34 61% 1.0k $7.1k (exactly $7,130) Violet Soft
GULLET $6.99 33 84% 990 $6.9k (exactly $6,920) Joshua Allin
Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection $6.99 27 74% 810 $5.7k (exactly $5,662) Violet Soft
Bottomless Pit Supervisor $4.99 17 58% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) sudo make
Tactical Archer $19.99 3 33% 90 $1.8k (exactly $1,799) Dejevis
Hexfactory $4.99 10 60% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,497) Aquila Industrial
Container Terminal Simulator · EA $6.99 6 50% 180 $1.3k (exactly $1,258) Tikam Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.