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Should I ship a 2D Fighter Stealth game?
Stealth + 2D Fighter
Only 11 developers shipped a 2D Fighter Stealth game 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, SPY - Adult Only, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 5% | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 2D Fighter
- effort 5 / 10 · low · frame-precise animation and rollback netcode
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 59% positive over 89 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Song of Iron 2021 · $215k 
Bad Cat 2022 · $20k 
SPY - Adult Only 2026 · $6.0k 
the Shadow of Swallow 2025 · $3.6k 
Silenthead: Ducks hunt 2020 · EA · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Song of Iron | older | $19.99 | 358 72% | 11k | $215k (exactly $214,693) | Resting Relic |
| | Bad Cat | older | $9.99 | 68 83% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,380) | FastGame, VICTORIA Games |
| | SPY - Adult Only | $4.99 | 40 37% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Libero | |
| | the Shadow of Swallow | $3.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Raine Studio | |
| | Silenthead: Ducks hunt | · EA older | $12.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) | Scream CORP |
 | Moccoletti | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Consortium of Octopus | |
 | Unshaded | older | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Ametist studio |
 | Mimicry | · EA older | $4.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Voyde Studios |
 | Shinobi | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Michael D'Souza | |
 | Homelessvania | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Roman | |
 | SpyGuys | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Olly | |
 | 1v1 Me | $3.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | A3 Industries, David Henry | |
 | Blood And Blade | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | ZlabiGames | |
 | Drunken Guy Adventure | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Saylor Games | |
 | Spit & Split | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 타프 시스템 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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