Games › 2D Fighter › 2D Fighter + Superhero
Should I ship a Superhero 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Superhero
Only 11 developers shipped a Superhero 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, Invincible VS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $4.5M, ×3034 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,591) |
| Top 5% | $4.5M (exactly $4,545,591) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 76% positive over 3,142 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
- + Resource ManagementLong shot
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
Comparable games
Injustice™ 2 2017 · $26M 
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition 2013 · $5.9M 
ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 2017 · $4.9M 
Invincible VS 2026 · $4.5M 
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics 2024 · $3.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Injustice™ 2 | older | $49.99 | 17,445 86% | 523k | $26M (exactly $26,162,266) | NetherRealm Studios, QLOC |
| | Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition | older | $19.99 | 9,864 86% | 296k | $5.9M (exactly $5,915,441) | NetherRealm Studios, High Voltage Softw… (NetherRealm Studios, High Voltage Software) |
| | ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 | older | $24.99 | 6,546 91% | 196k | $4.9M (exactly $4,907,536) | CAPCOM CO., LTD. |
| | Invincible VS | $49.99 | 3,031 76% | 91k | $4.5M (exactly $4,545,591) | Quarter Up | |
| | MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics | older | $49.99 | 1,976 93% | 59k | $3.0M (exactly $2,963,407) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
 | Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite | older | $39.99 | 2,445 67% | 73k | $2.9M (exactly $2,933,266) | Capcom |
 | Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid | older | $19.99 | 1,472 81% | 44k | $883k (exactly $882,758) | nWay, INC |
 | Taiwan Coolfox | $24.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $43k (exactly $42,733) | TSAI,JIE-TING 蔡杰廷, TSAI,KAI-SHIUN 蔡凱勛 | |
 | The Phantom | $19.99 | 31 61% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | Art Of Play Interactive | |
 | Idle Superpowers | older | $6.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $13k (exactly $12,792) | Lutsgames |
 | Last Eclipse | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Animas Games | |
 | Lone Warrior's Fist | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | CreatiCell Games | |
 | Royal Goldenbeak and the Curse of Snowy Island | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Outside the Zoo | |
 | FULL BET - FIGHTING CASINO - | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | FlatMountain | |
 | Last Stance: A JuVentures Game | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SpielmannSpiel, bison, JujiBla | |
 | Ghost of Kyiv | $2.04 | 1 100% | 30 | $61 (exactly $61) | Jonald | |
 | Heroic | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Lunar Code Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.