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Should I ship a Collectathon 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Collectathon
Only 16 developers shipped a Collectathon 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, Decline's Drops, 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: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59; 1 in 20 cleared $76k, ×122 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 7 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) |
| Top 5% | $76k (exactly $76,449) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter, Collectathon
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 569 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Card BattlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
- + Resource ManagementLong shot
Comparable games
Decline's Drops 2024 · $76k 
IGNOBLE 2026 · $69k 
Cavegirl Adventures 2021 · $5.1k 
PixelJunk™ Scrappers Deluxe 2023 · $4.9k 
Espectro The Fighters Focus 2026 · $4.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Decline's Drops | $14.99 | 170 96% | 5.1k | $76k (exactly $76,449) | Le Moulin aux Bulles | |
| | IGNOBLE | $6.99 | 331 82% | 9.9k | $69k (exactly $69,411) | Retromagine | |
| | Cavegirl Adventures | older | $4.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Bedrock Tribes |
| | PixelJunk™ Scrappers Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 11 36% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Q-Games Ltd. |
| | Espectro The Fighters Focus | $8.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.0k (exactly $4,046) | Bytteam Game Studio | |
 | Valkeala Birds | $2.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka | |
 | Assassin Of Aliens | $3.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Saylor Games | |
 | Pirate Guy | $2.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Cow Games | |
 | Gisselle's Adventure | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Serch Onodera | |
 | Pushing Kids Off Bikes | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Kie James Yavorsky (Game Developer), Ya… (Kie James Yavorsky (Game Developer), Yavo (Kie Christopher Yavorsky) (Game Developer), Daniel Haddock (Artist), Al Lang (Voice Actor)) | |
 | SkullPirates | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Arcade Distillery | |
 | All The Stars | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Zacharia Gebro |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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