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Should I ship a Level Editor 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Level Editor
Only 14 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, Chaos Faction Legacy Collection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,030) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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: revenue down 10% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Level Editor
- 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, Level Editor; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 2D Platformer, Action, PvP
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 9 games average 91% positive over 259 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 7 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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- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
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Comparable games
Smack Studio 2024 · $235k 
Chaos Faction Legacy Collection 2025 · $35k 
Fighties 2015 · $32k 
Build 'n Bump 2015 · $4.5k 
Cymatically Muffed 2020 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Smack Studio | older | $14.99 | 522 85% | 16k | $235k (exactly $234,743) | ThirdPixel Interactive |
| | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
| | Fighties | older | $4.99 | 212 83% | 6.4k | $32k (exactly $31,736) | Pillow Pig Games |
| | Build 'n Bump | older | $4.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Roppy Chop Studios |
| | Cymatically Muffed | older | $14.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Kelsam |
 | Fighties 2 | $11.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Pillow Pig Games | |
 | Hardwork Simulator | older | $1.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,149) | Mandinga |
 | Kinetic: Break All Limits | · EA older | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Break All Limits LLC |
 | Stickforge | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Noldo | |
 | hgmGame-horse | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | 闲鱼搜HGM电玩 | |
 | Counterspell | older | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | PunchButton Studios |
 | Tank Fight | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Pixel_Gamer, TNT_MAN1111 | |
 | Exiles of the Dark Dungeon | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | 布莱恩和鱼缸工作室 | |
 | Red Guest Biography | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | 程进 | |
 | Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | hgmGame | |
 | Blobbymite: Hero Of Power | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | BlobbymiteGames | |
 | 飞机大战 hit a plane | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | hgm games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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