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Should I ship a Zombie 2D Fighter?
2D Fighter + Zombies
Only 11 developers shipped a Zombie 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, Night Slashers: Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,891) |
| Top 5% | $49k (exactly $49,151) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Zombies
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 78% positive over 441 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Fighter with a different setting or mood, 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
The Shadow of Yidhra 2021 · $447k 
Unsouled 2022 · $159k 
MAGICAL ANGEL FAIRY HEART 2022 · $115k 
FIGHTING GIRL SAKURA-R 2022 · $56k 
Night Slashers: Remake 2024 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Shadow of Yidhra | older | $10.99 | 1,355 89% | 41k | $447k (exactly $446,744) | WhitePeach |
| | Unsouled | older | $19.99 | 265 72% | 8.0k | $159k (exactly $158,920) | Megusta Game |
| | MAGICAL ANGEL FAIRY HEART | older | $28.99 | 132 79% | 4.0k | $115k (exactly $114,800) | UMAI NEKO |
| | FIGHTING GIRL SAKURA-R | older | $24.99 | 75 65% | 2.3k | $56k (exactly $56,228) | UMAI NEKO |
| | Night Slashers: Remake | $9.99 | 164 61% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Storm Trident S.A. | |
 | Bloody Zombies | older | $14.99 | 81 58% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $36,426) | Paw Print Games Ltd. |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version) | older | $3.99 | 261 52% | 7.8k | $31k (exactly $31,242) | Andy Law |
 | FIGHTING GIRL YURI | $29.99 | 31 54% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | UMAI NEKO | |
 | Heidelberg 1693 | older | $14.99 | 61 81% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Andrade Games |
 | Chemical Combat | $8.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | SigmoidDev | |
 | Stickman Physics Battle Arena | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Kyle Hawks | |
 | Final 4 Survival | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Sean Foley | |
 | Dead Zombie | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | reza alidad | |
 | CrueArcade Alive | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | CrueArcade | |
 | Ave Trail | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mael Valin | |
 | Night Invasion | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Night Invasion Division |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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