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Should I ship a Supernatural 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Supernatural
Of 51 developers who shipped a Supernatural 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.. 71 more are announced, ×3.2 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 $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 22 developers shipped in the last year and 71 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,448) |
| Top 5% | $152k (exactly $151,646) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 51 |
| Released games | 123 |
| Announced | 71 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 6,762 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
Comparable games
Alice: Madness Returns 2011 · $8.3M 
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE 2026 · $4.0M 
Phantom Abyss 2024 · $1.2M 
近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau 2024 · $833k 
El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster 2021 · $411k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Alice: Madness Returns | older | $9.99 | 27,795 90% | 834k | $8.3M (exactly $8,330,162) | Spicy Horse Games |
| | FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE | $49.99 | 2,663 87% | 80k | $4.0M (exactly $3,993,701) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | Phantom Abyss | older | $19.99 | 1,962 81% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,176,611) | Team WIBY |
| | 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau | $9.99 | 2,780 92% | 83k | $833k (exactly $833,166) | Noto Muteki | |
| | El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster | older | $29.99 | 457 83% | 14k | $411k (exactly $411,163) | crim Co., Ltd. |
 | Metamorphosis | older | $24.99 | 467 83% | 14k | $350k (exactly $350,110) | Ovid Works |
 | 除邪(CHUXIE) | older | $6.99 | 917 79% | 28k | $192k (exactly $192,295) | LCGaming |
 | Ereban: Shadow Legacy | older | $19.99 | 271 85% | 8.1k | $163k (exactly $162,519) | Baby Robot Games |
 | Climb The Backrooms | $4.99 | 1,013 81% | 30k | $152k (exactly $151,646) | LovDEV | |
 | Dread X Collection 3 | older | $9.99 | 352 92% | 11k | $105k (exactly $105,494) | DreadXP, Torple Dook, Adam Pype & V… (DreadXP, Torple Dook, Adam Pype & Viktor Kraus, KIRA, corpsepile, Breogan Hackett, Redact Games, Modus Interactive, Basalt Tower, Blood Machine, Bryce Bucher, DIRIGO GAMES, Moya Horror, Wayward Preacher, Amon26) |
 | NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain | $9.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $31k (exactly $31,468) | Toydium | |
 | Hope Deferred | $19.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | Tell All | |
 | Platform | $9.99 | 46 73% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | METAGAR | |
 | 除邪2(CHUXIE2) | $6.99 | 44 40% | 1.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,227) | LCGaming | |
 | Particle Hearts | $14.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Underwater Fire | |
 | Forecursed | · EA | $9.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | William Van Herck |
 | HONG KONG HAUNTING: FISHBALL GIRL | $6.99 | 34 64% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Dokimoment Studio, Genuine Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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