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Should I ship a Tanks 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Tanks
Only 7 developers shipped a Tanks 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, The Front, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $30 against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Top 5% | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 up 2405% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Tanks
- 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, Tanks
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 9,625 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Front 2025 · $5.7M 
Escape from Terror City 2021 · $11k 
The D-T.E.A.M. 2022 · EA · $1.8k 
Fly Fly Tank 2020 · $1.4k 
MECHA AND TANK FIGHTING 2021 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Front | $19.99 | 9,555 66% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) | Samar Studio | |
| | Escape from Terror City | older | $9.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Renegade Sector Games |
| | The D-T.E.A.M. | · EA older | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Bottled Games Interactive |
| | Fly Fly Tank | older | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Cmos Studio |
| | MECHA AND TANK FIGHTING | older | $2.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | 呜噜噜 |
 | Project Dejavu | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Noise Pattern | |
 | GG Tanks | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Rodrigo Pistorello Vidor | |
 | LandCombat:Ren | · EA older | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Banada |
 | The Iron Union | older | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Horn of the sea |
 | 坦克英雄 TankHero | older | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | GUANGLUN |
 | Code Ragnarok | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 吴健002 | |
 | EarthDaddy | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 星际电竞大学野校长 | |
 | Vehicle Laboratory | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Coarse Bread Access | |
 | KS Tank War | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KS For Fun Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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