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Should I ship a Robot 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Robots
Of 63 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 148 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×557 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 148 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) |
| Top 5% | $350k (exactly $349,867) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 244 |
| Announced | 148 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 5,108 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 44 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 148 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition 2013 · $3.5M 
Caravan SandWitch 2024 · $2.1M 
Grow Home 2015 · $951k 
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED BATTLE DESTINY REMASTERED 2025 · $908k 
ReCore: Definitive Edition 2018 · $864k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition | older | $19.99 | 5,789 86% | 174k | $3.5M (exactly $3,471,663) | Ninja Theory |
| | Caravan SandWitch | older | $24.99 | 2,797 88% | 84k | $2.1M (exactly $2,096,911) | Studio Plane Toast |
| | Grow Home | older | $7.99 | 3,969 93% | 119k | $951k (exactly $951,369) | Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio |
| | MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED BATTLE DESTINY REMASTERED | $39.99 | 757 77% | 23k | $908k (exactly $908,173) | Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc. | |
| | ReCore: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,441 62% | 43k | $864k (exactly $864,168) | Armature Studio, LLC, Comcept |
 | STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ | older | $19.99 | 1,160 83% | 35k | $696k (exactly $695,652) | Aspyr |
 | Disney•Pixar WALL-E | older | $19.99 | 1,061 96% | 32k | $636k (exactly $636,282) | Asobo Studio |
 | Clone Drone in the Hyperdome | $19.99 | 1,048 91% | 31k | $628k (exactly $628,486) | Doborog Games | |
 | Grow Up | older | $9.99 | 1,751 92% | 53k | $525k (exactly $524,775) | Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio |
 | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
 | Europa | $14.99 | 778 85% | 23k | $350k (exactly $349,867) | Helder Pinto, Chozabu (Alex PB), Novadu… (Helder Pinto, Chozabu (Alex PB), Novadust Entertainment) | |
 | Hypogea | $9.99 | 817 97% | 25k | $245k (exactly $244,855) | Charlie Wagner | |
 | BAIONLENJA | · EA | $12.99 | 510 97% | 15k | $199k (exactly $198,747) | BAION |
 | Fun with Ragdolls Plus | $19.99 | 191 76% | 5.7k | $115k (exactly $114,543) | Jadon Barnes | |
 | Misc. A Tiny Tale | $19.99 | 112 99% | 3.4k | $67k (exactly $67,166) | Tinyware Games | |
 | Toree Saturn | $4.99 | 413 93% | 12k | $62k (exactly $61,826) | Siactro | |
 | Automaton Heart | $14.99 | 79 96% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | Luke Vincent |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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