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Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Puzzle Platformer
Only 13 developers shipped a Puzzle Platformer Third-Person Shooter 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, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 70% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Puzzle Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, 3D Platformer, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,713 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft 2024 · $6.2M 
Haydee 2016 · $2.8M 
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered 2025 · $1.4M 
Tomb Raider I (1996) 2012 · $847k 
Tomb Raider II (1997) 2012 · $427k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft | older | $29.99 | 6,877 85% | 206k | $6.2M (exactly $6,187,237) | Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics |
| | Haydee | older | $14.99 | 6,226 84% | 187k | $2.8M (exactly $2,799,832) | Haydee Interactive |
| | Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered | $29.99 | 1,507 89% | 45k | $1.4M (exactly $1,355,848) | Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics | |
| | Tomb Raider I (1996) | older | $6.99 | 4,039 85% | 121k | $847k (exactly $846,978) | Core Design |
| | Tomb Raider II (1997) | older | $6.99 | 2,037 86% | 61k | $427k (exactly $427,159) | Core Design |
 | LIBERATED | older | $19.99 | 679 77% | 20k | $407k (exactly $407,196) | Atomic Wolf, L.INC |
 | Tamarin | older | $29.99 | 78 60% | 2.3k | $70k (exactly $70,177) | Chameleon Games |
 | Mineirinho Director's Cut | older | $0.99 | 1,365 66% | 41k | $41k (exactly $40,540) | Sinned Games |
 | Welcome Back To 2007 | older | $4.99 | 227 77% | 6.8k | $34k (exactly $33,982) | Siberian Mouse |
 | Messiah | older | $19.99 | 51 60% | 1.5k | $31k (exactly $30,585) | Shiny Entertainment |
 | Ultimate Drummer | $5.99 | 170 98% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Cool 3D World | |
 | Yerba Buena | $24.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $14k (exactly $14,244) | Mad About Pandas | |
 | Untravelled Planet | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Yaqut Games | |
 | Chamberlore | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Deep Range Studio | |
 | Sync Together | $0.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $238 (exactly $238) | DarkRook Interactive | |
 | One Shot All Kill | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Creative Universe | |
 | Project Hash | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 67ormsg272 | |
 | Tung Tung Together: Online Deathrun Party | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | DarkRook Interactive |
 | little boy | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | ali halil, ALİ HALİL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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