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Should I ship a Card Game 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Card Game
Only 12 developers shipped a Card Game 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, Rune Coliseum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 5% | $505k (exactly $504,754) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, 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
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter, Card Game
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 79% positive over 931 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
ROUNDS 2021 · $6.4M 
Rune Coliseum 2024 · EA · $505k 
Duelists of Eden 2024 · $128k 
Deck of Treads 2026 · $3.1k 
Dungeon & Poker 2025 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ROUNDS | older | $5.99 | 35,738 95% | 1.1M | $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) | Landfall |
| | Rune Coliseum | · EA | $18.99 | 886 79% | 27k | $505k (exactly $504,754) | Rafale Software |
| | Duelists of Eden | older | $4.99 | 856 95% | 26k | $128k (exactly $128,143) | Thomas Moon Kang |
| | Deck of Treads | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DuckByte Games | |
| | Dungeon & Poker | $6.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Vansonstudio | |
 | Reborn Arena | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | GameLabel Studio | |
 | Sheva | $6.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Goldtusks | |
 | Age of Giants | older | $0.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Astrobot |
 | Ink & Void | $1.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Shintaro Higashi | |
 | Servants of Sumomon | older | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | 10-2 Knees |
 | Proxy Adventure: Simulation Room | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | VinaGolem | |
 | Aisera's Ladder | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 邓宗磊 | |
 | Whotfire | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TinCity Games | |
 | Prism Deck Survivor | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CryCauseDry |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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