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Should I ship a Split Screen 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Split Screen
Of 38 developers who shipped a Split Screen 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.. 65 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×2797 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 65 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 25% | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,756,361) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 109 |
| Announced | 65 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Split Screen
- 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, Split Screen; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Family Friendly, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 81,899 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Human Fall Flat 2016 · $105M 
Sonic Adventure 2 2012 · $7.1M 
Sackboy™: A Big Adventure 2022 · $5.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | Human Fall Flat | older | $19.99 | 174,835 94% | 5.2M | $105M (exactly $104,848,549) | No Brakes Games |
| | Sonic Adventure 2 | older | $9.99 | 23,755 90% | 713k | $7.1M (exactly $7,119,374) | SEGA |
| | Sackboy™: A Big Adventure | older | $59.99 | 2,822 83% | 85k | $5.1M (exactly $5,078,753) | Sumo Digital |
 | Biped | older | $14.99 | 9,025 85% | 271k | $4.1M (exactly $4,058,542) | NEXT Studios |
 | LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | older | $19.99 | 6,458 85% | 194k | $3.9M (exactly $3,872,863) | TT Games |
 | Bang-On Balls: Chronicles | older | $24.99 | 4,334 96% | 130k | $3.2M (exactly $3,249,200) | Exit Plan Games |
 | LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection | $39.99 | 1,464 82% | 44k | $1.8M (exactly $1,756,361) | TT Games, Double Eleven | |
 | Ben and Ed - Blood Party | older | $14.99 | 2,297 88% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,032,961) | Sluggerfly |
 | Biped 2 | $14.99 | 813 71% | 24k | $366k (exactly $365,606) | META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy… (META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy Studios) | |
 | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
 | Head's Adventures:chibichibi | $7.99 | 334 97% | 10k | $80k (exactly $80,060) | ManaWanderer | |
 | Moorhuhn Kart 4 | $19.99 | 90 86% | 2.7k | $54k (exactly $53,973) | Korion Interactive | |
 | Teeto | $17.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $49k (exactly $48,573) | Eat Pant Games | |
 | Tiny Lands 2 | $9.99 | 126 94% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $37,762) | Hyper Three Studio | |
 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Don't Pop The Balloon | $4.99 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Emirhan ÇAT, Bedirhan ÇAT |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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