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Should I ship an Auto Battler 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Auto Battler
Only 5 developers shipped an Auto Battler 3D 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, Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $38k against a market of $1.5k. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
|---|---|
| Median | $38k (exactly $37,775) |
| Top 25% | $438k (exactly $438,458) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 50% 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.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 8 games average 77% positive over 1,710 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 4 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ManagementFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureLong shot
- + RhythmLong shot
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator 2026 · EA · $459k 
Wretch: Divine Ascent 2025 · $438k 
Electro Bop Boxing League 2025 · $38k 
RPG: Squad battle 2021 · $3.4k 
Tapper's Fiefdom 2026 · EA · $1.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 612 81% | 18k | $459k (exactly $458,816) | Contec Games |
| | Wretch: Divine Ascent | $14.99 | 975 75% | 29k | $438k (exactly $438,458) | Ogopogo | |
| | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
| | RPG: Squad battle | older | $4.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
| | Tapper's Fiefdom | · EA | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Fading Interactive |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | AI Fightclub | older | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | ImpressaEntertainment,Inc. |
 | Eternal War | older | $3.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | MaGames |
 | Fight For Your Resurrection | older | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fabio Cecchini |
 | FIGHT FOR YOUR RESURRECTION VR | older | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fabio Cecchini |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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