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Should I ship a Transportation 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Transportation
Only 13 developers shipped a Transportation 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, A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×5.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is up 290% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) |
| Top 5% | $43k (exactly $43,189) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 290% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Transportation
- 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, Transportation; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Automobile Sim, Building
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 205 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
Comparable games
A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition 2024 · $43k 
Sebil Engineering 2023 · $29k 
Forklift Extreme: Deluxe Edition 2023 · $18k 
Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line 2023 · $17k 
Run Pizza Run 2024 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition | $39.99 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $43k (exactly $43,189) | ARTDINK | |
| | Sebil Engineering | older | $11.99 | 82 97% | 2.5k | $29k (exactly $29,495) | FrogStore |
| | Forklift Extreme: Deluxe Edition | older | $9.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Last Man Gaming |
| | Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line | older | $8.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $17k (exactly $16,991) | Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. |
| | Run Pizza Run | older | $4.99 | 83 86% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | IZI Games |
 | The Lilliput Workshop | $7.99 | 51 88% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Cotton Game | |
 | Garbage Packer | $6.99 | 56 82% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,743) | Trash Games Studios | |
 | Pocket and Zooom | $15.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $7.7k (exactly $7,675) | TechnoBrain | |
 | Train Deluxe 2026 Kurakyu | $29.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | Joyride | older | $3.99 | 27 59% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | Joyride |
 | Extreme Forklifting 3 | · EA | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DevM Games |
 | Galatico | · EA | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Galatico Studios |
 | Ambulance Driver Life VR | $7.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | İNİTİUM STUDİO | |
 | Container Terminal Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Tikam Studio |
 | Truck Driving Cargo Simulator | $7.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Nitx Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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