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Should I ship a Walking Simulator 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Walking Simulator
Of 184 developers who shipped a Walking Simulator 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.. 212 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $15k, ×25 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 212 games are announced against 91 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $15,884) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 184 |
| Released games | 568 |
| Announced | 212 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 down 40% on the market, supply 10% 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
- Walking Simulator
- 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, Walking Simulator; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Simulation
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,730 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 134 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 212 games are announced against 91 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TransportationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + GolfFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + AutomationFair
- + OffroadLong shot
- + Looter ShooterLong shot
- + CatsLong shot
Comparable games
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 2023 · $15M 
The Talos Principle 2 2023 · $11M 
A Short Hike 2019 · $4.6M 
Spirit of the North 2020 · $3.4M 
RiME 2017 · $2.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | older | $39.99 | 12,645 98% | 379k | $15M (exactly $15,170,206) | Team Reptile |
| | The Talos Principle 2 | older | $29.99 | 12,478 94% | 374k | $11M (exactly $11,226,457) | Croteam |
| | A Short Hike | older | $7.99 | 19,219 99% | 577k | $4.6M (exactly $4,606,794) | adamgryu |
| | Spirit of the North | older | $19.99 | 5,633 84% | 169k | $3.4M (exactly $3,378,110) | Infuse Studio |
| | RiME | older | $29.99 | 3,236 90% | 97k | $2.9M (exactly $2,911,429) | Tequila Works, QLOC |
 | Valley | older | $14.99 | 6,276 91% | 188k | $2.8M (exactly $2,822,317) | Blue Isle Studios |
 | Exo One | older | $16.99 | 5,053 89% | 152k | $2.6M (exactly $2,575,514) | Exbleative |
 | AER Memories of Old | older | $14.99 | 5,064 86% | 152k | $2.3M (exactly $2,277,281) | Forgotten Key |
 | SLUDGE LIFE | older | $14.99 | 1,900 95% | 57k | $854k (exactly $854,430) | Terri Vellmann, Doseone |
 | Lifeless Planet Premier Edition | older | $9.99 | 2,529 78% | 76k | $758k (exactly $757,941) | Serenity Forge |
 | 沙雕之路 | $10.00 | 1,039 96% | 31k | $312k (exactly $311,700) | 馆叔 | |
 | Pieces of me | $8.99 | 594 87% | 18k | $160k (exactly $160,202) | EMIKA_GAMES | |
 | Sex Trainer's Diary: Hidden Kink | $19.99 | 184 70% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | 老二打鐵舖, 072 Localize, NOVA CONCEPT | |
 | Evil Holiday | $4.99 | 208 80% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | Fragrance Point | $8.00 | 113 96% | 3.4k | $27k (exactly $27,120) | Halber Ball | |
 | ?? Movie Theater | $4.99 | 149 97% | 4.5k | $22k (exactly $22,305) | riinwin | |
 | holo8 | $3.99 | 165 90% | 5.0k | $20k (exactly $19,750) | frog blend | |
 | Puppet Team | $4.99 | 112 64% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,766) | Editmode | |
 | Lonely Christmas | $4.99 | 107 66% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $16,018) | ASK GAMES | |
 | Awakening Sarah | $8.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $15,912) | Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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