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Should I ship a 2D Fighter Combat Racing game?
Combat Racing + 2D Fighter
Only 10 developers shipped a 2D Fighter Combat Racing 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, Swimsuit Girl: Battle to Avoid, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $270 against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $356 (exactly $356) |
| Top 5% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 10% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Combat Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle physics plus weapons and AI drivers
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Combat Racing, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 80% positive over 40 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Combat Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CollectathonFair
- + SandboxFair
- + PlatformerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + ParkourFair
- + RPGFair
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + Beat 'em upLong shot
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
Comparable games
Awaken 2022 · $4.2k 
They Can Fart 2024 · $2.6k 
Revenge on the Streets 3 2023 · $1.8k 
Street Racer 2021 · $1.6k 
Swimsuit Girl: Battle to Avoid 2024 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Awaken | older | $9.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Beijing Xianfan Culture Co., Ltd. |
| | They Can Fart | older | $3.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | Les Crafteurs |
| | Revenge on the Streets 3 | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Del_Player |
| | Street Racer | older | $10.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Vivid Image |
| | Swimsuit Girl: Battle to Avoid | $3.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | 1v1combat | |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | Curvelicious | $0.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Filip Strelec | |
 | Trash Top Down Racing | older | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Mixtor, Tero Lunkka |
 | The Fallen Kingdom | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Lucas Baldi Aragão | |
 | 星界远航 Stellar Realm Voyage | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | SGAIZFTX |
 | Typers Combat | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Esoteric Games | |
 | Blobbymite: Hero Of Power | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | BlobbymiteGames | |
 | Dragon and Phoenix | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | pengjianNiu | |
 | Battle Mountain | · EA | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PEAPOD GAMES LTD |
 | Prism Deck Survivor | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CryCauseDry |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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