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Should I ship a Loot 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Loot
Only 11 developers shipped a Loot 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, Backpack Jianghu, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,128) |
| Top 5% | $237k (exactly $237,130) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 33%, 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
- Loot
- 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, Loot
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 83% positive over 714 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 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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- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
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Comparable games
Backpack Jianghu 2026 · $237k 
Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator 2023 · $81k 
Trials of Valor 2026 · $57k 
face the immortal 2026 · EA · $22k 
Riftania 2023 · $2.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Backpack Jianghu | $13.99 | 565 80% | 17k | $237k (exactly $237,130) | 背包工作室 | |
| | Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator | older | $9.99 | 270 77% | 8.1k | $81k (exactly $80,919) | Raptor Claw Games, Millendream |
| | Trials of Valor | $18.99 | 100 95% | 3.0k | $57k (exactly $56,970) | Armored Goblin | |
| | face the immortal | · EA | $17.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $22k (exactly $22,128) | DY |
| | Riftania | older | $11.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Rift Haven |
 | Mimicry | · EA older | $4.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Voyde Studios |
 | Anarkade | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Pixelatom | |
 | Zombie Town! | older | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | NYX Digital Ltd |
 | Become an Adventurer | older | $5.00 | 2 50% | 60 | $300 (exactly $300) | Marych Ivan |
 | Pixel Way: Prologue | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Levelborn | |
 | WuHu | · EA | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | code studio |
 | 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) | |
 | Power and Glory | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Jan Brychta | |
 | EarthDaddy | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 星际电竞大学野校长 | |
 | No Afraid Of Battle | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LIANG ZHIFENG |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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