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Should I ship a Word Game 3D Platformer?
3D Platformer + Word Game
Only 12 developers shipped a Word Game 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, Idiom Royale, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $0 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 5% | $5.4k (exactly $5,433) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Word Game
- effort 1 / 10 · high · dictionary logic and simple UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 3D Platformer, Word Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 63% positive over 110 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
MeiQi 2020 2023 · EA · $6.3k 
Idiom Royale 2026 · $5.4k 
Cyberside Picnic 2023 · $5.2k 
Dizital ImageClub - Neo - 2024 · $1.2k 
SUIKAWA LEAD 2025 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MeiQi 2020 | · EA older | $18.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $6.3k (exactly $6,267) | QZQ Studio |
| | Idiom Royale | $1.99 | 91 63% | 2.7k | $5.4k (exactly $5,433) | NyxWorks | |
| | Cyberside Picnic | older | $2.99 | 58 94% | 1.7k | $5.2k (exactly $5,203) | Michael Luo |
| | Dizital ImageClub - Neo - | older | $19.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | AhrpuXR |
| | SUIKAWA LEAD | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | くそいサイト | |
 | 異誕監視室 | Monativity Surveillance | $2.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Coward_Watson | |
 | FORGIVE FOR EVER | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | GENS-HEART STUDIO | |
 | Kappa Kanji Adventure | older | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Tenshisjv |
 | World Serpent | older | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | bryengx |
 | Football Betting 足彩上岸记 | · EA older | $0.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | shunYing |
 | Defying Fate: 60 Days to the Exam | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Touchas99 | |
 | The Devil Ball | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Orion, Yas Rose | |
 | 电脑进化史 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 大幻想家 | |
 | July 14th | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Special Game Studio | |
 | Corner BookShop | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Areumdamda Media Lab |
 | Show Docs | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KHX Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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