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Should I ship a Twin Stick Shooter 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Twin Stick Shooter
Only 5 developers shipped a Twin Stick Shooter 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, Piss Off, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $4.8k (exactly $4,800) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Twin Stick Shooter
- 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 306 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 13 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Trifox 2022 · $38k 
Intergalactic Ecstasy 2024 · $27k 
Eliosi's Hunt 2017 · $19k 
No More Snow 2023 · $7.0k 
Smith and Winston 2019 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trifox | older | $19.99 | 63 82% | 1.9k | $38k (exactly $37,781) | Glowfish Interactive |
| | Intergalactic Ecstasy | older | $14.99 | 60 86% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | HFTGames |
| | Eliosi's Hunt | older | $9.99 | 64 68% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | TDZ Games, Gamecraft Studios |
| | No More Snow | older | $4.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Barzda |
| | Smith and Winston | older | $9.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Execution Unit |
 | Piss Off | · EA | $20.00 | 8 100% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,800) | Emmanuel Crispi |
 | Kill the Superweapon | older | $7.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Renegade Sector Games |
 | DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven | older | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Salvagers Studio |
 | Bumper Tanks | · EA older | $5.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Arvis Games |
 | Jack Big Chin: Alien Invasion | older | $2.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | Goldarait |
 | 雷霆之眼 | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 小如文化 | |
 | Slime Rush : Leshy and the Magic Book | $3.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Mobizen | |
 | Task Code Foolish | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bgame | |
 | The Drone Lord | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ian Chambers |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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