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Should I ship a 2D Fighter Class-Based game?
Class-Based + 2D Fighter
Only 13 developers shipped a 2D Fighter Class-Based game 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, Trials of Valor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) |
| Top 5% | $57k (exactly $56,970) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 87% positive over 177 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Swords and Sandals Immortals 2023 · $380k 
Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator 2023 · $81k 
Trials of Valor 2026 · $57k 
Swords and Sandals Medieval 2017 · $10k 
MAGE: Mega Awesome Gregarious Encounters 2026 · $8.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Swords and Sandals Immortals | older | $11.99 | 1,056 84% | 32k | $380k (exactly $379,843) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
| | Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator | older | $9.99 | 270 77% | 8.1k | $81k (exactly $80,919) | Raptor Claw Games, Millendream |
| | Trials of Valor | $18.99 | 100 95% | 3.0k | $57k (exactly $56,970) | Armored Goblin | |
| | Swords and Sandals Medieval | older | $6.99 | 50 76% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,485) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
| | MAGE: Mega Awesome Gregarious Encounters | $9.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | FunRug Studio | |
 | Battle Squares | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Feesh Studio | |
 | Company Rising | $8.99 | 11 18% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Director Liu | |
 | Slime Battles | $4.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Nish Studios | |
 | The Infecting 3 | older | $1.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Immure Creations® |
 | Mystic Strife | older | $0.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $297 (exactly $297) | jSpeak |
 | SpyGuys | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Olly | |
 | SuperCowBoy | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | liu ningmeng | |
 | Uncles | · EA | $2.50 | 1 100% | 30 | $75 (exactly $75) | bittabutt |
 | Mini Dungeon | · EA | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Metuzals Games |
 | Whotfire | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TinCity Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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