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Should I ship a 3D Platformer Skateboarding game?
Skateboarding + 3D Platformer
Only 13 developers shipped a 3D Platformer Skateboarding game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, ScooterFlow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.6k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $2.3M, ×3796 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) |
| Top 25% | $148k (exactly $148,008) |
| Top 5% | $2.4M (exactly $2,383,808) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Skateboarding
- 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
- Skateboarding, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 8,960 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Skateboarding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + ParkourPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + Action-AdventureDead
Comparable games
ScooterFlow 2026 · $2.4M 
Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4 2025 · $2.3M 
Skate Story 2025 · $1.6M 
Gori: Cuddly Carnage 2024 · $946k 
OlliOlli World 2022 · $539k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ScooterFlow | $19.99 | 3,975 95% | 119k | $2.4M (exactly $2,383,808) | UncannyKiwi Limited | |
| | Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4 | $49.99 | 1,554 68% | 47k | $2.3M (exactly $2,330,534) | Iron Galaxy Studios | |
| | Skate Story | $19.99 | 2,733 96% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,638,980) | by Sam Eng | |
| | Gori: Cuddly Carnage | older | $21.99 | 1,434 96% | 43k | $946k (exactly $946,010) | Angry Demon Studio |
| | OlliOlli World | older | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Roll7 |
 | Thirsty Suitors | older | $29.99 | 233 96% | 7.0k | $210k (exactly $209,630) | Outerloop Games |
 | Star Overdrive | $34.99 | 141 87% | 4.2k | $148k (exactly $148,008) | Caracal Games | |
 | VR Skater | older | $19.99 | 222 86% | 6.7k | $133k (exactly $133,133) | DEFICIT Games |
 | Toree Saturn | $4.99 | 413 93% | 12k | $62k (exactly $61,826) | Siactro | |
 | Skator Gator 3D | older | $4.99 | 176 96% | 5.3k | $26k (exactly $26,347) | Weathered Sweater |
 | Ollie-Oop | $12.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | Almost Playable Games | |
 | Mop Skater | $6.99 | 41 78% | 1.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) | youpiepoopie | |
 | cheapskate | · EA | $4.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Simple Dev Studio |
 | Sonki's Lagoon | · EA | $7.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | CocoDev |
 | Hydrofoil Surfing | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nightwork Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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