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Should I ship a 2D Fighter JRPG?
JRPG + 2D Fighter
Only 6 developers shipped a 2D Fighter JRPG 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, AQUAPAZZA: Aquaplus Dream Match, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 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. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,372) |
| Top 5% | $62k (exactly $62,369) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- JRPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 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
- JRPG, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 20,518 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Mystery DungeonStrong odds
- + NinjaFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Granblue Fantasy: Versus 2020 · $4.6M 
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 2023 · $4.5M 
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax 2022 · $3.5M 
The Shadow of Yidhra 2021 · $447k 
Umineko: Golden Fantasia 2017 · $354k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Granblue Fantasy: Versus | older | $19.99 | 7,631 83% | 229k | $4.6M (exactly $4,576,311) | Cygames, Inc., Arc System Works |
| | Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising | older | $24.99 | 5,944 83% | 178k | $4.5M (exactly $4,456,217) | Cygames, Inc., Arc System Works |
| | Persona 4 Arena Ultimax | older | $29.99 | 3,857 87% | 116k | $3.5M (exactly $3,470,143) | Arc System Works, ATLUS |
| | The Shadow of Yidhra | older | $10.99 | 1,355 89% | 41k | $447k (exactly $446,744) | WhitePeach |
| | Umineko: Golden Fantasia | older | $24.99 | 472 91% | 14k | $354k (exactly $353,858) | 07th Expansion |
 | Blazing Aries | older | $18.99 | 366 87% | 11k | $209k (exactly $208,510) | Kuroto Zakka |
 | Estella's Nightmare: Sealed Space and a Succubus's Curse | older | $9.99 | 512 70% | 15k | $153k (exactly $153,446) | Playmeow |
 | Demon Sword: Incubus | older | $19.99 | 184 76% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | Brianode |
 | AQUAPAZZA: Aquaplus Dream Match | $19.99 | 104 33% | 3.1k | $62k (exactly $62,369) | AQUAPLUS | |
 | BANCHOU TACTICS | older | $19.99 | 93 78% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $55,772) | SECRET CHARACTER, ITSARAAMATA |
 | 泳装乱舞 | $3.99 | 95 75% | 2.9k | $11k (exactly $11,372) | 1v1combat | |
 | Regotown | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | GolGrot | |
 | 포포의 모험 (The Adventures of Popo) | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | 토파가넷 | |
 | 寓言行者 FABLE WALKER | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Touchmeta co., Ltd., touchmeta co | |
 | The Light and the Shadow | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | EnrolaDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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