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Should I ship a Management 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Management
Only 11 developers shipped a Management 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.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×2.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $990. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $987 (exactly $987) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $30k (exactly $29,617) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Management
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 80% positive over 1,050 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $990. 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + 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
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Gym Simulator 24 2024 · $986k 
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator 2026 · EA · $459k 
Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising 2022 · $106k 
Boxing Club Manager 2022 · $104k 
Fight School Simulator 2025 · $68k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
| | Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 612 81% | 18k | $459k (exactly $458,816) | Contec Games |
| | Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising | older | $49.99 | 71 42% | 2.1k | $106k (exactly $106,479) | Flux Games |
| | Boxing Club Manager | older | $39.99 | 87 57% | 2.6k | $104k (exactly $104,374) | Alternative Software Ltd |
| | Fight School Simulator | $9.99 | 227 88% | 6.8k | $68k (exactly $68,032) | Queen | |
 | Trailer Shop Simulator | older | $4.99 | 265 73% | 8.0k | $40k (exactly $39,670) | GidAzGames |
 | Age of Gladiators II: Death League | older | $12.99 | 84 71% | 2.5k | $33k (exactly $32,735) | Creative Storm Entertainment |
 | Parking Tycoon 2: Business Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 76 43% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $29,617) | Geekon |
 | Boxing Simulator | $7.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Inogames | |
 | Doctor Pigeon Simulator | $4.00 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,120) | Peperoni Games | |
 | Spectacular Team: Assemble | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Sengi Games | |
 | Road To Champion: Boxing Simulator | · EA | $10.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | Gunersoft |
 | Cape Warrior | $2.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Saylor Games | |
 | Beyond The Second Hour | $1.25 | 2 50% | 60 | $75 (exactly $75) | Mohamed Samy | |
 | Buzz Wars | $4.20 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DrunkenTurnip |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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