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Should I ship a Time-Travel 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Time Travel
Only 17 developers shipped a Time-Travel 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, Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 31 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 2910% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $223k (exactly $223,455) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 2910% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Time Travel
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 562 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Sonic Generations Collection 2011 · $32M 
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time 2008 · $1.5M 
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™ 2008 · $804k 
Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate 2025 · $223k 
Hourglass 2021 · $199k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sonic Generations Collection | older | $51.79 | 20,304 93% | 609k | $32M (exactly $31,546,325) | Devil's Details |
| | Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time | older | $9.99 | 5,045 85% | 151k | $1.5M (exactly $1,511,986) | Kudosoft |
| | Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™ | older | $9.99 | 2,683 80% | 80k | $804k (exactly $804,095) | Ubisoft Montreal |
| | Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate | $49.99 | 149 62% | 4.5k | $223k (exactly $223,455) | Mighty Eyes | |
| | Hourglass | older | $19.99 | 331 88% | 9.9k | $199k (exactly $198,501) | Cyberwave |
 | Gawr Gura: Quest for Bread | $7.99 | 298 97% | 8.9k | $71k (exactly $71,431) | Kenny Park | |
 | Origament: A Paper Adventure | $9.99 | 76 90% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Space Sauce Studio | |
 | Aethernaut | older | $16.99 | 40 57% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $20,388) | Dragon Slumber |
 | Tyler: Model 005 | older | $9.99 | 51 56% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | Reversed Interactive |
 | Pocket Watch | older | $2.99 | 101 95% | 3.0k | $9.1k (exactly $9,060) | Sokpop Collective |
 | Beta MAX | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Nexcide | |
 | Unfair Rampage: Knightfall | $5.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Imphenzia | |
 | Time Flipper | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Lusho | |
 | Nia: Jewel Hunter | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | ByPuziki Games | |
 | 乾坤玺•明 | $8.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | 玉刃工作室 | |
 | Nobu Jump | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | であるりん | |
 | POGO Epoch: Impossible 99% | · EA | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 힉학헉 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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