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Should I ship a Cat 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Cats
Only 7 developers shipped a Cat 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, TactiCats, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 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 $60 against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 37%, 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
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter
- 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 $49.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 5,493 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different setting or mood, 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
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2021 · $6.5M 
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 2023 · $1.5M 
Bad Cat 2022 · $20k 
Wanderer 2022 · $8.1k 
Kakatte Koi Yo! 2021 · $1.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | older | $49.99 | 4,311 75% | 129k | $6.5M (exactly $6,465,207) | Ludosity, Fair Play Labs |
| | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | older | $49.99 | 1,013 81% | 30k | $1.5M (exactly $1,519,196) | Fair Play Labs |
| | Bad Cat | older | $9.99 | 68 83% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,380) | FastGame, VICTORIA Games |
| | Wanderer | older | $4.99 | 54 75% | 1.6k | $8.1k (exactly $8,084) | RentugNetic |
| | Kakatte Koi Yo! | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | BackSlash Games |
 | TactiCats | $5.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | HungryDingo | |
 | Turbo Cat Fight | older | $6.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | CHAOSMORE WORKS |
 | The Misadventure Of Melon | older | $6.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Rhys510 |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | Nyanroo The Supercat | · EA older | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Golden Shelves Software |
 | 포포의 모험 (The Adventures of Popo) | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | 토파가넷 | |
 | Cat With Gun | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Anton Kastler | |
 | Catfighter, In the Lands of Sinners | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OreonCZ | |
 | Pets party | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zucke |
 | Desert Grinder | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bernictas Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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