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Should I ship a Score Attack 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Score Attack
Of 115 developers who shipped a Score Attack 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.. 145 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 $360 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 66 developers shipped in the last year and 145 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) |
| Top 5% | $34k (exactly $34,466) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 115 |
| Released games | 356 |
| Announced | 145 |
| 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 up 260% on the market, supply 30% 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
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Arcade
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 30,575 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 76 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 145 games are announced against 66 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
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 
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 2023 · $15M 
White Knuckle 2025 · EA · $6.8M 
Denshattack! 2026 · $1.7M 
CICADAMATA" 2026 · $425k | 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 | |
| | Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | older | $39.99 | 12,645 98% | 379k | $15M (exactly $15,170,206) | Team Reptile |
| | White Knuckle | · EA | $16.99 | 13,356 98% | 401k | $6.8M (exactly $6,807,553) | Dark Machine Games |
| | Denshattack! | $19.99 | 2,910 98% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,745,127) | Undercoders | |
| | CICADAMATA" | $9.99 | 1,419 96% | 43k | $425k (exactly $425,274) | ✿ flowergarden | |
 | Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered | older | $19.99 | 708 78% | 21k | $425k (exactly $424,588) | OSome Studio |
 | FOTONICA | older | $14.99 | 649 87% | 19k | $292k (exactly $291,855) | Santa Ragione |
 | Lunistice | older | $4.99 | 1,812 95% | 54k | $271k (exactly $271,256) | A Grumpy Fox |
 | hololive Treasure Mountain | older | $8.99 | 880 97% | 26k | $237k (exactly $237,336) | BeXide Inc. |
 | AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome | older | $9.99 | 535 81% | 16k | $160k (exactly $160,340) | Dejobaan Games, LLC, Owlchemy Labs |
 | Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! | $19.99 | 238 83% | 7.1k | $143k (exactly $142,729) | Strange Scaffold | |
 | BrebeMan | $9.99 | 115 100% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | MetaFormingPro | |
 | Super 10 Pin | $11.99 | 92 98% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,092) | Modus Interactive | |
 | Parcel Corps | $7.99 | 116 62% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $27,805) | Billy Goat Entertainment Ltd | |
 | Parking Together! | $9.99 | 88 95% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | ENGAWA GAMES | |
 | Pie in the Sky | $12.99 | 63 100% | 1.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Monster Shop Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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