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Should I ship a Split Screen 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Split Screen
Only 8 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, Kingdoms And Slaves, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $120 against a market of $1.5k. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 5% | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 7 / 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 up 4830% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Split Screen
- 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, Split Screen
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 6,526 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
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
One Piece Burning Blood 2016 · $5.6M 
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023 · EA · $900k 
Fight Crab 2020 · $448k 
Cake Bash 2020 · $309k 
Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions 2021 · $110k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | One Piece Burning Blood | older | $49.99 | 3,751 81% | 113k | $5.6M (exactly $5,625,375) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | DAVIGO: VR vs. PC | · EA older | $24.99 | 1,200 84% | 36k | $900k (exactly $899,640) | Davigo Studio |
| | Fight Crab | older | $19.99 | 747 94% | 22k | $448k (exactly $447,976) | Calappa Games |
| | Cake Bash | older | $19.99 | 515 86% | 15k | $309k (exactly $308,846) | High Tea Frog |
| | Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions | older | $39.99 | 92 65% | 2.8k | $110k (exactly $110,372) | Survios |
 | FLASHOUT 3 | older | $19.99 | 55 61% | 1.7k | $33k (exactly $32,984) | Jujubee S.A. |
 | Fight Party | older | $4.99 | 112 78% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,766) | Mr. Vibin |
 | PuckOFF | older | $19.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Kuura Playhouse |
 | Dragon Fury | older | $19.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Esenthel |
 | Sacrifice Your Friends | older | $14.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Astrolabe Interactive Inc. |
 | Kingdoms And Slaves | $6.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | TGM | |
 | Carnal Rage | $9.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | TailsUp4Tyranno | |
 | RAGDOLL UNIVERSE | · EA | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | MageC |
 | Bàito | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | drCaron97 | |
 | ARVIS Knock Out! | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Mindfly Studio | |
 | Ranger Force | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | J Studios Gaming LLC | |
 | Pillow Fight | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | StudyFun | |
 | BumpBot | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | iFFeX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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