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Should I ship a 2D Fighter Management game?
2D Fighter + Management
Only 10 developers shipped a 2D Fighter Management game 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, Boxing School 2, 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: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| 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 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Management
- 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, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 70% positive over 70 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 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.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
- + Resource ManagementLong shot
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
Comparable games
Punch Club 2016 · $3.6M 
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues 2021 · $250k 
Boxing School 2019 · $155k 
Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator 2023 · $81k 
Story of a Gladiator 2019 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Punch Club | older | $9.99 | 12,098 81% | 363k | $3.6M (exactly $3,625,771) | Lazy Bear Games |
| | Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues | older | $19.99 | 417 84% | 13k | $250k (exactly $250,075) | Flux Games |
| | Boxing School | older | $9.99 | 516 89% | 15k | $155k (exactly $154,645) | Raptor Claw Games |
| | Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator | older | $9.99 | 270 77% | 8.1k | $81k (exactly $80,919) | Raptor Claw Games, Millendream |
| | Story of a Gladiator | older | $10.99 | 177 75% | 5.3k | $58k (exactly $58,357) | Brain Seal Ltd |
 | Gladiator School | older | $4.99 | 297 69% | 8.9k | $44k (exactly $44,461) | Raptor Claw Games |
 | World Championship Boxing Manager™ 2 | older | $12.99 | 90 67% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Mega Cat Studios |
 | Boxing School 2 | $14.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Raptor Claw Games | |
 | Wrestling Revolution 2D | older | $4.99 | 96 94% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,371) | MDickie |
 | Pocket Arcade Story | older | $8.99 | 44 61% | 1.3k | $12k (exactly $11,867) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Company Rising | $8.99 | 11 18% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Director Liu | |
 | Idle Squire | $4.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | White Cape Games | |
 | 水浒群侠传 | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | 曾经惨遭锁区 | |
 | Vector Storm | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | WHODATYAT | |
 | Stock Fighter | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | McTeddy Games | |
 | Pellets | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | CBMGames | |
 | The 3310 Paradox | $1.75 | 2 100% | 60 | $105 (exactly $105) | Gun&Don | |
 | Geo Defense | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NIKEBA | |
 | Frontier Protocol | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | William Radcliffe |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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