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Should I ship a Rhythm 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Rhythm
Of 41 developers who shipped a Rhythm 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.. 58 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 26 developers shipped in the last year and 58 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $30,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 153 |
| Announced | 58 |
| 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 35% on the market, supply 65% more developers than 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
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Rhythm; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 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 $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 1,345 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
No Straight Roads: Encore Edition 2021 · $1.4M 
Metro Gravity 2025 · $332k 
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure 2015 · $207k 
Music Racer 2018 · $199k 
Giraffe and Annika 2020 · $176k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | No Straight Roads: Encore Edition | older | $24.99 | 1,813 89% | 54k | $1.4M (exactly $1,359,206) | Metronomik |
| | Metro Gravity | $12.99 | 852 92% | 26k | $332k (exactly $332,024) | mrkogamedev | |
| | Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure | older | $9.99 | 692 91% | 21k | $207k (exactly $207,392) | Nihon Falcom, Mastiff |
| | Music Racer | older | $1.99 | 3,332 87% | 100k | $199k (exactly $198,920) | AbstractArt |
| | Giraffe and Annika | older | $19.99 | 293 92% | 8.8k | $176k (exactly $175,712) | atelier mimina |
 | Kizuna AI - Touch the Beat! | older | $34.99 | 65 86% | 2.0k | $68k (exactly $68,230) | Gemdrops, Inc. |
 | BrebeMan | $9.99 | 115 100% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | MetaFormingPro | |
 | Ultimate Drummer | $5.99 | 170 98% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Cool 3D World | |
 | Blast Beat | older | $19.99 | 46 93% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | gz.inc |
 | Dance Eden | $19.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $25k (exactly $25,187) | DigiEden | |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | The PARADOGX Incident | $10.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $8.2k (exactly $8,242) | Artibex | |
 | CYBERSLAYER: No Time to Regret | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | KAEV Games | |
 | Hypotheses on the Symmetry between Vision and Hands | $1.99 | 54 96% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) | Finger tip | |
 | Scuttle | $6.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Altered Self Games | |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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