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Should I ship a Robot 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Robots
Only 14 developers shipped a Robot 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, Iron Saga VS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $59 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $59 (exactly $59) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) |
| Top 5% | $338k (exactly $338,287) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Robots
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Fighting
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoon, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 7 games average 84% positive over 688 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 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
Iron Saga VS 2025 · $338k 
Megabyte Punch 2013 · $184k 
Vengeance Hunters 2024 · $38k 
Chaos Faction Legacy Collection 2025 · $35k 
Stardust Vanguards 2015 · $6.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Iron Saga VS | $29.99 | 376 79% | 11k | $338k (exactly $338,287) | Gameduchy | |
| | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
| | Vengeance Hunters | $19.99 | 63 84% | 1.9k | $38k (exactly $37,781) | Nalua Studio SLU | |
| | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
| | Stardust Vanguards | older | $3.99 | 58 82% | 1.7k | $6.9k (exactly $6,943) | Zanrai Interactive |
 | ROBO OH | older | $2.99 | 67 100% | 2.0k | $6.0k (exactly $6,010) | Foxy Boxy Games |
 | PixelJunk™ Scrappers Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 11 36% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Q-Games Ltd. |
 | Build 'n Bump | older | $4.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Roppy Chop Studios |
 | Awaken | older | $9.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Beijing Xianfan Culture Co., Ltd. |
 | GasZilla | older | $4.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | SUJIKO Media Group |
 | Fighties 2 | $11.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Pillow Pig Games | |
 | Robots with Guns | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Flash of Stars | |
 | Homelessvania | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Roman | |
 | Rembrunir 2 | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | LAGA | |
 | PunchBots | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ghost Creative Studio | |
 | Proxy Adventure: Simulation Room | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | VinaGolem | |
 | Tretrais | · EA | $3.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DJAS Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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