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Should I ship a Resource Management 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Resource Management
Only 13 developers shipped a Resource Management 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, 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: long shot, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $390, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $18k, ×29 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 14 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $390 (exactly $390) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 down 20% on the market, supply 235% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Resource Management
- 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, Resource Management
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 66% positive over 146 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 10 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
- + ManagementFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
Comparable games
Dojo Masters 2024 · $62k 
World Championship Boxing Manager™ 2 2023 · $35k 
Boxing School 2 2025 · $18k 
Heritage 2026 · $13k 
Type or Die 2026 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dojo Masters | older | $14.99 | 137 92% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $61,609) | Pixeled Vision |
| | 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 | |
| | Heritage | $9.99 | 44 72% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Big Three Games | |
| | Type or Die | $13.99 | 29 31% | 870 | $12k (exactly $12,171) | Type or Die | |
 | Street karate 3 | older | $4.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Essential Tactics Games |
 | Middle Age Conquest | older | $6.99 | 38 76% | 1.1k | $8.0k (exactly $7,969) | Musa GUNGOR |
 | Chemical Combat | $8.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | SigmoidDev | |
 | Punch, Rest, Repeat | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Gallop Forever Games | |
 | Goblin Assault: Tower Defense | · EA | $4.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Smash Crates | older | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fat Alien Cat |
 | Mad Bang Bang | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Tomorrow Baby | |
 | 在线地球：Earth Online | $0.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Song-Ya Network Systems (Guangzhou) Co… (Song-Ya Network Systems (Guangzhou) Co Ltd) | |
 | Medieval Fantasy Blacksmith Shop | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Uraz Interactive | |
 | Ave Trail | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mael Valin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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