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Should I ship an Idler 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Idler
Only 9 developers shipped an Idler 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, Punch, Rest, Repeat, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 5% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Idler
- effort 1 / 10 · high · number growth curves and a UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter, Idler
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 734 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 18 games are announced against 9 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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- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
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- + Resource ManagementLong shot
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Comparable games
Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator 2023 · $81k 
Game Of Mafia 2021 · $33k 
Bad Cat 2022 · $20k 
Blacklist Mafia 2024 · $19k 
Idle Superpowers 2022 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator | older | $9.99 | 270 77% | 8.1k | $81k (exactly $80,919) | Raptor Claw Games, Millendream |
| | Game Of Mafia | older | $9.99 | 109 72% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,667) | FastGame, VICTORIA Games |
| | Bad Cat | older | $9.99 | 68 83% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,380) | FastGame, VICTORIA Games |
| | Blacklist Mafia | older | $9.99 | 65 83% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | VICTORIA Games |
| | Idle Superpowers | older | $6.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $13k (exactly $12,792) | Lutsgames |
 | The Brave Little Cloud | older | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | VICTORIA Games |
 | Absorber | older | $3.00 | 71 76% | 2.1k | $6.4k (exactly $6,390) | Alexander Wick |
 | Unshaded | older | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Ametist studio |
 | Punch, Rest, Repeat | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Gallop Forever Games | |
 | Achievement Killer | older | $0.99 | 44 54% | 1.3k | $1.3k (exactly $1,307) | Leakage Games |
 | Cromania | · EA | $6.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Momoiu Cerasela Nicoleta |
 | Idle Squire | $4.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | White Cape Games | |
 | The Village Above the Well | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | STREAM ON | |
 | Pixel Chess Idle RPG | $4.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | SHIFT. | |
 | Pixel Way: Prologue | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Levelborn | |
 | Galactic Prospectors | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Vyrex Interactive |
 | The 3310 Paradox | $1.75 | 2 100% | 60 | $105 (exactly $105) | Gun&Don | |
 | Earth’s Last Defense Idle Fleet | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wil… (Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wilson, Julie A Wilson, Baylee Wilson, Jolie Wilson, Julie Wilson) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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