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Should I ship a 2D Fighter Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + 2D Fighter
Of 51 developers who shipped a 2D Fighter Spectacle fighter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 64 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×1.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $170; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×1465 the market median. Revenue is up 130% on the market; 64 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $168 (exactly $168) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,800) |
| Top 25% | $43k (exactly $42,733) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,194,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 51 |
| Released games | 168 |
| Announced | 64 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.31 |
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 130% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, 2D Fighter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Fighting
- Price point
- $8.31 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.31.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 23,106 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $170. 8 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 64 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA 2021 · $14M 
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls 2026 · $8.9M 
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE 2023 · $5.8M 
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes 2024 · $2.9M 
Stick It to the Stickman 2025 · EA · $2.8M | 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.) |
| | MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls | $59.99 | 4,934 48% | 148k | $8.9M (exactly $8,879,720) | ARC SYSTEM WORKS CO., LTD | |
| | Your Only Move Is HUSTLE | older | $4.99 | 38,703 96% | 1.2M | $5.8M (exactly $5,793,839) | Ivy Sly |
| | UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes | older | $49.99 | 1,954 87% | 59k | $2.9M (exactly $2,930,414) | FRENCH-BREAD, Arc System Works |
| | Stick It to the Stickman | · EA | $11.99 | 7,918 96% | 238k | $2.8M (exactly $2,848,105) | Free Lives |
 | Path of Kung Fu | $14.99 | 4,880 72% | 146k | $2.2M (exactly $2,194,536) | 游鲤化龙工作室 | |
 | FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves | $19.99 | 3,135 82% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,880,059) | SNK CORPORATION | |
 | Internet Generation | older | $19.99 | 1,380 82% | 41k | $828k (exactly $827,586) | 岛叶游戏 |
 | Rune Coliseum | · EA | $18.99 | 886 79% | 27k | $505k (exactly $504,754) | Rafale Software |
 | Fight of Gods | older | $14.99 | 762 83% | 23k | $343k (exactly $342,671) | Digital Crafter |
 | Iron Saga VS | $29.99 | 376 79% | 11k | $338k (exactly $338,287) | Gameduchy | |
 | Poetry of Blood: Eclipse | · EA | $14.99 | 406 91% | 12k | $183k (exactly $182,578) | ZeroGameStudio |
 | Two Strikes | $14.99 | 256 89% | 7.7k | $115k (exactly $115,123) | Retro Reactor | |
 | Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age | $19.99 | 145 91% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Maximum Entertainment | |
 | Decline's Drops | $14.99 | 170 96% | 5.1k | $76k (exactly $76,449) | Le Moulin aux Bulles |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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