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Should I ship a Modern-Day 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Modern
Only 8 developers shipped a Modern-Day 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, Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $9.3k against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) |
| Top 25% | $78k (exactly $78,248) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 up 165% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Modern
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 9,612 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 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
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA 2021 · $14M 
Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends 2024 · $101k 
Femboy Futa Mania 🌶️ 2026 · $78k 
Tough Love Arena 2026 · $14k 
Creepy Creepy Love 2024 · $9.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA | older | $49.99 | 9,130 88% | 274k | $14M (exactly $13,692,261) | FRENCH-BREAD, TYPE-MOON, Lasengle Inc.,… (FRENCH-BREAD, TYPE-MOON, Lasengle Inc., TAMSOFT CORPORATION, GameLoop Inc.) |
| | Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends | $19.99 | 168 72% | 5.0k | $101k (exactly $100,750) | Huracan Studio | |
| | Femboy Futa Mania 🌶️ | $14.99 | 174 71% | 5.2k | $78k (exactly $78,248) | Lewd Star | |
| | Tough Love Arena | $11.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $13,669) | M. Paul Weeks, Amy Xu | |
| | Creepy Creepy Love | $4.99 | 62 93% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | BYYONI Entertainment | |
 | Company Rising | $8.99 | 11 18% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Director Liu | |
 | Sodom-R | older | $11.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | PastureSoft, pastgame |
 | Marsh | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | TeeGK |
 | Nyanroo The Supercat | · EA older | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Golden Shelves Software |
 | ARATAMAKAMI | older | $6.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Recent Past |
 | Boomer Brawler | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | FzzyBzzy | |
 | 赤马 | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | 玄逍工作室 | |
 | Double D. F. | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RielFactor |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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