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Should I ship a Superhero 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Superhero
Only 12 developers shipped a Superhero 3D Platformer 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, LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $18M, ×12234 the market median. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 25 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $34k (exactly $34,466) |
| Top 5% | $18M (exactly $18,326,182) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 170% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 8,985 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight 2026 · $18M 
Taiwan Coolfox 2025 · $43k 
BrebeMan 2026 · $34k 
Magical Nut Ikuno 2025 · $19k 
SATORI 2021 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight | $69.99 | 8,728 95% | 262k | $18M (exactly $18,326,182) | TT Games | |
| | Taiwan Coolfox | $24.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $43k (exactly $42,733) | TSAI,JIE-TING 蔡杰廷, TSAI,KAI-SHIUN 蔡凱勛 | |
| | BrebeMan | $9.99 | 115 100% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | MetaFormingPro | |
| | Magical Nut Ikuno | $14.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | qureate, Orgesta Inc. | |
| | SATORI | older | $7.99 | 43 76% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | EMOTION THEORY |
 | Rabbiman Adventures | $14.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | ISRACHEM LTD | |
 | Spider Fox | older | $7.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Planet 47 Games |
 | Lovely Fox | · EA older | $0.99 | 62 70% | 1.9k | $1.8k (exactly $1,841) | Potato Chips |
 | Liberty Belle | older | $2.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | Studio SyndiCat, Ink Rose Inc |
 | SantaCorps 4 | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Virtuoso Neomedia | |
 | Raanaa - The Shaman Girl | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | Miksapix Interactive, Red Stage Enterta… (Miksapix Interactive, Red Stage Entertainment) | |
 | Hop Drop | $5.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Goon Squad | |
 | Sherlock Holmes – The Hunt for Moriarty | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Joindots Interactive GmbH | |
 | Skyline Savior | $2.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Beyond Horizon Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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