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Should I ship a 2D Fighter 3D Platformer?
2D Fighter + 3D Platformer
Only 7 developers shipped a 2D Fighter 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, FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $720 against a market of $630. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $43k (exactly $42,733) |
| Top 5% | $1.9M (exactly $1,880,059) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
- 3D Platformer
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 3,800 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
- + Resource ManagementLong shot
Comparable games
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves 2026 · $1.9M 
Song of Iron 2021 · $215k 
Demon Sword: Incubus 2022 · $110k 
Taiwan Coolfox 2025 · $43k 
Indiecalypse 2020 · $9.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves | $19.99 | 3,135 82% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,880,059) | SNK CORPORATION | |
| | Song of Iron | older | $19.99 | 358 72% | 11k | $215k (exactly $214,693) | Resting Relic |
| | Demon Sword: Incubus | older | $19.99 | 184 76% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | Brianode |
| | Taiwan Coolfox | $24.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $43k (exactly $42,733) | TSAI,JIE-TING 蔡杰廷, TSAI,KAI-SHIUN 蔡凱勛 | |
| | Indiecalypse | older | $12.99 | 24 37% | 720 | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) | JanduSoft |
 | Girlfight 2024 | older | $7.99 | 18 33% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Wildcard Entertainment |
 | Fast food RAGE | $5.55 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.0k (exactly $1,998) | VICTORIA Games | |
 | 雪国の少女 | older | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Somfy |
 | TinyCrack | older | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | TeamTinyCrack |
 | King of the Arcade | $7.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Super Villain Games | |
 | SkullPirates | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Arcade Distillery | |
 | INFEROS NUMINE : descent into darkness | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 2.5D Gaming Studio | |
 | EarthDaddy | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 星际电竞大学野校长 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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