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Should I ship a Building 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Building
Only 9 developers shipped a Building 2D Fighter 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, Stickforge, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $89 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $89 (exactly $89) |
| Top 25% | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 5% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 flat on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Building
- 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, Building
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,248 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
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Comparable games
LEGO® Brawls 2022 · $199k 
SHIPS AT WAR 2021 · EA · $166k 
Nurose 2022 · EA · $27k 
Pocket Arcade Story 2022 · $12k 
Worker Riot 2022 · $8.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LEGO® Brawls | older | $9.99 | 663 78% | 20k | $199k (exactly $198,701) | Red Games Co. |
| | SHIPS AT WAR | · EA older | $14.99 | 369 76% | 11k | $166k (exactly $165,939) | Golddorf Spieleentwicklung |
| | Nurose | · EA older | $9.99 | 90 87% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | Orongto |
| | Pocket Arcade Story | older | $8.99 | 44 61% | 1.3k | $12k (exactly $11,867) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Worker Riot | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Build 'n Bump | older | $4.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Roppy Chop Studios |
 | Slam Bolt Scrappers | older | $4.99 | 20 60% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Fire Hose Games |
 | NEO: Commanders | older | $4.99 | 9 22% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | SZEINER |
 | Scrap Games | older | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | QuickBytes Studio |
 | Stickforge | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Noldo | |
 | Knaights | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Jeremiah Zagala | |
 | 星界远航 Stellar Realm Voyage | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | SGAIZFTX |
 | Astro Raid | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Coding Alpaka | |
 | 在线地球：Earth Online | $0.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Song-Ya Network Systems (Guangzhou) Co… (Song-Ya Network Systems (Guangzhou) Co Ltd) | |
 | The Mission Exorcist | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Player Transform | |
 | Geo Defense | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NIKEBA | |
 | Faith | God's Lost Will | · EA | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Waharocket |
 | Crown&Sword | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Renaluna Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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