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Should I ship a Female-Led 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Female Protagonist
Of 34 developers who shipped a Female-Led 3D 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.. 42 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×1.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 25% on the market; 42 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,046) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,305) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 117 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 up 25% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Female Protagonist
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action RPG, Hack and Slash
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 13,016 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ManagementFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureLong shot
- + RhythmLong shot
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
Comparable games
SOULCALIBUR VI 2018 · $18M 
Street Fighter V 2016 · $17M 
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV 2024 · $7.6M 
SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS 2017 · $4.5M 
Onee Chanbara ORIGIN 2020 · $2.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SOULCALIBUR VI | older | $59.99 | 9,768 83% | 293k | $18M (exactly $17,579,470) | BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc., Dimps Corpor… (BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc., Dimps Corporation) |
| | Street Fighter V | older | $19.99 | 27,820 72% | 835k | $17M (exactly $16,683,654) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV | $29.99 | 8,399 83% | 252k | $7.6M (exactly $7,556,580) | SNK CORPORATION | |
| | SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS | older | $29.99 | 4,986 94% | 150k | $4.5M (exactly $4,485,904) | Tamsoft |
| | Onee Chanbara ORIGIN | older | $59.99 | 1,217 75% | 37k | $2.2M (exactly $2,190,235) | Tamsoft |
 | Homura Hime | $24.99 | 2,316 90% | 69k | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,305) | Crimson Dusk | |
 | Fight Angel Special Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,776 75% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,065,067) | Red Fox |
 | KILL la KILL -IF | older | $19.99 | 1,651 72% | 50k | $990k (exactly $990,105) | Arc System Works, APLUS Co., Ltd. |
 | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
 | Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae | older | $9.99 | 2,747 81% | 82k | $823k (exactly $823,276) | Zenith Blue |
 | DEAD OR ALIVE 6 Last Round | $39.99 | 550 31% | 17k | $660k (exactly $659,835) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
 | Valkyrie of Phantasm | $29.99 | 556 86% | 17k | $500k (exactly $500,233) | AREAZERO | |
 | The Knight Girl And Dungeons | $11.99 | 397 67% | 12k | $143k (exactly $142,801) | こねこぼくし | |
 | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
 | Snow x Hime | $12.99 | 195 55% | 5.9k | $76k (exactly $75,992) | Kazuya, tensun3d | |
 | Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga | $34.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $62k (exactly $61,932) | Nihon Falcom | |
 | Kraken City | $4.99 | 189 67% | 5.7k | $28k (exactly $28,293) | nStarcube | |
 | Innocent Assault SS | $10.99 | 79 84% | 2.4k | $26k (exactly $26,046) | ひみつ結社キジネコ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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