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Should I ship a Crafting 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Crafting
Only 16 developers shipped a Crafting 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, The Orc Invasion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $89 in the last 2 years and $89 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $89 (exactly $89) |
| Top 25% | $330 (exactly $330) |
| Top 5% | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter, Crafting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 79% positive over 29 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
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Comparable games
SHIPS AT WAR 2021 · EA · $166k 
Cubethon 2024 · $7.5k 
Cavegirl Adventures 2021 · $5.1k 
The Orc Invasion 2025 · $4.3k 
Magic and Elements 2022 · $3.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SHIPS AT WAR | · EA older | $14.99 | 369 76% | 11k | $166k (exactly $165,939) | Golddorf Spieleentwicklung |
| | Cubethon | older | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | the Seas |
| | Cavegirl Adventures | older | $4.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Bedrock Tribes |
| | The Orc Invasion | $10.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) | ATK Games | |
| | Magic and Elements | older | $4.99 | 23 73% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | HIlous |
 | Gachimuchi Life Simulator | older | $3.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $2.8k (exactly $2,753) | Slippy Floor |
 | 枪神出击 | older | $0.99 | 47 76% | 1.4k | $1.4k (exactly $1,396) | vk |
 | Smash Crates | older | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fat Alien Cat |
 | The Village Above the Well | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | STREAM ON | |
 | Counterspell | older | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | PunchButton Studios |
 | Exiles of the Dark Dungeon | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | 布莱恩和鱼缸工作室 | |
 | PSI Masquerade Deadly Wonderland | $10.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Mururunsoft | |
 | 灵魂重生 Reborn the Soul | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | 芝麻驴科技有限公司 | |
 | Astro Raid | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Coding Alpaka | |
 | Journey To Dawn | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | 月下辉煌 | |
 | Medieval Fantasy Blacksmith Shop | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Uraz Interactive | |
 | From Zero to Slime Hero | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GuiBelcks | |
 | babyRun | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | babyRun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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