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Should I ship a Tabletop 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Tabletop
Of 38 developers who shipped a Tabletop 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.. 23 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 15 developers shipped in the last year and 23 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,364) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 94 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Tabletop; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Arcade, Board Game
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,071 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Just Go 2022 · $967k 
Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns 2026 · $666k 
Richman 4 2022 · $290k 
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Gomoku Let's Go 2021 · $79k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Just Go | older | $9.99 | 3,227 92% | 97k | $967k (exactly $967,132) | Studio Amateur |
| | Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns | $29.99 | 740 80% | 22k | $666k (exactly $665,778) | ILLUMINATION | |
| | Richman 4 | older | $5.99 | 1,614 74% | 48k | $290k (exactly $290,036) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | 富豪派对重制版 | · EA older | $6.99 | 728 85% | 22k | $153k (exactly $152,662) | Tianmu Games |
| | Gomoku Let's Go | older | $2.99 | 883 88% | 26k | $79k (exactly $79,205) | Studio Amateur |
 | Richman 8 | older | $7.99 | 214 64% | 6.4k | $51k (exactly $51,296) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(BEIJING)CO.LTD |
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 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Mighty Marbles | $11.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $8.6k (exactly $8,633) | James Oliver | |
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 | Excrucia | $3.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Mansur | |
 | Hentai Merge Dice | $1.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | theNeko | |
 | 你的妹子 Your Girl | $2.99 | 14 57% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | GAZEM |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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