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Should I ship a Military 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Military
Only 11 developers shipped a Military 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, Rayadillo, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $505 (exactly $505) |
| Top 5% | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.90 |
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 up 735% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
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
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $4.90 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 79% positive over 57 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
- + Resource ManagementLong shot
Comparable games
Stickman Trenches 2023 · $345k 
The Mythical City 4 2024 · $15k 
Black Beacon Hill 2023 · $12k 
Rayadillo 2026 · EA · $2.2k 
Ace Pilot Europe 2022 · $1.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stickman Trenches | older | $5.99 | 1,922 81% | 58k | $345k (exactly $345,383) | Big Play Games |
| | The Mythical City 4 | older | $49.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $15k (exactly $14,997) | Gamesforgames |
| | Black Beacon Hill | older | $7.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $11,506) | Kowloon Drop Bear |
| | Rayadillo | · EA | $2.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) | Rayadillo Games |
| | Ace Pilot Europe | older | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Hubert cachat |
 | Shield Operator | $4.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Puantaun Studio | |
 | Battle of Finland: Winter War | older | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Team-K |
 | Starfighter Aces | older | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Adlai Glass |
 | Kill Dee | $0.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | BYE BYE, BUYBYEGames | |
 | The Infecting 3 | older | $1.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Immure Creations® |
 | Knaights | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Jeremiah Zagala | |
 | Stickman Physics Battle Arena | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Kyle Hawks | |
 | Battleships Combat: Evolved | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Mantegral Studio | |
 | Ghost of Kyiv | $2.04 | 1 100% | 30 | $61 (exactly $61) | Jonald | |
 | Magnetar | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pierz Newton-John | |
 | ZeLastTank : Battle Royale | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ysn-production | |
 | Galaxy Conquest Online | $4.90 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mimirbytes |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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