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Should I ship a Runner 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Runner
Only 15 developers shipped a Runner 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, Super Miners, 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, ×3.5 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 $0 against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) |
| Top 5% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Runner
- 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, Runner; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Platformer, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Side Scroller, 2.5D, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 7 games average 86% positive over 69 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Visual NovelFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + RhythmFair
- + SimulationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ManagementFair
- + SuperheroLong shot
- + Resource ManagementLong shot
Comparable games
HerrAnwalt: Lawyers Legacy 2022 · EA · $85k 
DOLPHIN HUSTLE 2022 · $12k 
Lab Inspect 2022 · $5.5k 
Super Miners 2025 · EA · $3.9k 
NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS 2024 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HerrAnwalt: Lawyers Legacy | · EA older | $5.99 | 471 78% | 14k | $85k (exactly $84,639) | Yannick |
| | DOLPHIN HUSTLE | older | $24.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $12k (exactly $11,995) | Gamesforgames |
| | Lab Inspect | older | $4.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | 8BITLAB |
| | Super Miners | · EA | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | METAGAR |
| | NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | G.rev Ltd. | |
 | the Shadow of Swallow | $3.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Raine Studio | |
 | GasZilla | older | $4.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | SUJIKO Media Group |
 | Magic gems | older | $4.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Beneath the Night Productions |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | The Ape Tales: An Epic Adventure Game | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Roker Games Studio | |
 | The Fallen Kingdom | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Lucas Baldi Aragão | |
 | Jump Verse | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Vertex Vienna Studio | |
 | 赛博杀手 Cyberkiller2049 | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Finch Games | |
 | ARO dangerous campaign | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexander Sevastianov | |
 | SnakeVib | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bob Barker |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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