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Should I ship a Visual Novel 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Visual Novel
Of 44 developers who shipped a Visual Novel 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.. 39 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 39 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $716 (exactly $716) |
| Top 25% | $41k (exactly $41,311) |
| Top 5% | $323k (exactly $323,106) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 154 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 70% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Visual Novel; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Dating Sim, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 5,962 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
Comparable games
Mirror 2: Project X 2022 · EA · $6.6M 
HoneySelect2Libido DX 2022 · $2.7M 
Denshattack! 2026 · $1.7M 
SAMURAI MAIDEN 2022 · $1.2M 
SHUTEN ORDER 2025 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror 2: Project X | · EA older | $1.99 | 111,251 24% | 3.3M | $6.6M (exactly $6,641,685) | KAGAMI Ⅱ WORKs |
| | HoneySelect2Libido DX | older | $69.99 | 1,283 82% | 38k | $2.7M (exactly $2,693,915) | ILLUSION |
| | Denshattack! | $19.99 | 2,910 98% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,745,127) | Undercoders | |
| | SAMURAI MAIDEN | older | $59.99 | 648 60% | 19k | $1.2M (exactly $1,166,206) | SHADE Inc. |
| | SHUTEN ORDER | $49.99 | 712 80% | 21k | $1.1M (exactly $1,067,786) | Neilo Inc. | |
 | BUNNY GARDEN | older | $24.99 | 1,230 92% | 37k | $922k (exactly $922,131) | qureate |
 | Winion Virus | $10.99 | 980 94% | 29k | $323k (exactly $323,106) | Dawntown Studio | |
 | Rabbit Burn | older | $14.99 | 680 89% | 20k | $306k (exactly $305,796) | Bio Sapiens |
 | Flee, My Elven Ninja! 3D | $14.99 | 347 85% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,046) | Barance Studio | |
 | MERRY BUNNY GARDEN | $19.99 | 232 81% | 7.0k | $139k (exactly $139,130) | qureate | |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City | $24.99 | 105 76% | 3.2k | $79k (exactly $78,718) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | Sex Wishes 🔮 | $14.99 | 145 68% | 4.4k | $65k (exactly $65,206) | Dirty Adventures 🖤 | |
 | Campus Fantasy | $9.99 | 208 69% | 6.2k | $62k (exactly $62,338) | 聂宇星 | |
 | Love Mansion | $10.99 | 184 88% | 5.5k | $61k (exactly $60,665) | Tsunmayo | |
 | Fate and Life: The Mystery of Vaulinhorn | $13.99 | 139 64% | 4.2k | $58k (exactly $58,338) | Celestial Novel |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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