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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Psychological Horror
Only 5 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×12 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer 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. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) |
| Top 25% | $101k (exactly $100,750) |
| Top 5% | $168k (exactly $168,030) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 75% 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
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,553 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 12 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×12 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
Nidhogg 2 2017 · $462k 
Umineko: Golden Fantasia 2017 · $354k 
Himawari - The Sunflower - 2016 · $185k 
Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi 2024 · $168k 
Fight of Animals 2019 · $119k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nidhogg 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,027 82% | 31k | $462k (exactly $461,842) | Messhof |
| | Umineko: Golden Fantasia | older | $24.99 | 472 91% | 14k | $354k (exactly $353,858) | 07th Expansion |
| | Himawari - The Sunflower - | older | $34.99 | 176 88% | 5.3k | $185k (exactly $184,747) | blank-note & Frontwing |
| | Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi | $7.99 | 701 91% | 21k | $168k (exactly $168,030) | ZRIGN 地霊研究院 | |
| | Fight of Animals | older | $9.99 | 396 92% | 12k | $119k (exactly $118,681) | Digital Crafter |
 | Sora | older | $8.99 | 384 94% | 12k | $104k (exactly $103,565) | Orange_Juice |
 | Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends | $19.99 | 168 72% | 5.0k | $101k (exactly $100,750) | Huracan Studio | |
 | FIGHTING GIRL SAKURA-R | older | $24.99 | 75 65% | 2.3k | $56k (exactly $56,228) | UMAI NEKO |
 | Rubber Hose Rampage | older | $9.99 | 115 53% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | Revie Studios |
 | Happenlance | older | $19.99 | 39 92% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Miles Fogle, Phillip Trudeau-Tavara, Cy… (Miles Fogle, Phillip Trudeau-Tavara, Cyborg Primate) |
 | Creepy Creepy Love | $4.99 | 62 93% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | BYYONI Entertainment | |
 | deer | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | hgmGame, hgmGame | |
 | Catfighter, In the Lands of Sinners | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OreonCZ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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