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Should I ship a Strategy RPG 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Strategy RPG
Only 9 developers shipped a Strategy RPG 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.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $108k (exactly $107,557) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Strategy RPG
- 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, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 79% positive over 1,251 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 12 games are announced against 8 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 
Blood Crawler 2025 · $109k 
Cultivation Magic World 2026 · EA · $108k 
Age of Gladiators II: Death League 2017 · $33k 
Boxing Simulator 2025 · $19k | 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 |
| | Blood Crawler | $12.99 | 279 76% | 8.4k | $109k (exactly $108,726) | c3アート | |
| | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
| | Age of Gladiators II: Death League | older | $12.99 | 84 71% | 2.5k | $33k (exactly $32,735) | Creative Storm Entertainment |
| | Boxing Simulator | $7.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Inogames | |
 | Kindred Fates: Combat Arena | older | $44.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $12k (exactly $12,147) | Skymill Studios |
 | Ruzar - The Dark Stones | older | $17.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $11k (exactly $11,334) | Hammer Glass Studio Inc. |
 | BadDool | older | $2.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) | andiegoesindie, robinz, StudioStudioStu… (andiegoesindie, robinz, StudioStudioStudioStudio) |
 | The Pirate King Ultimate | older | $6.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | KATSU |
 | Iron Skies | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Matthew Lalande | |
 | A Camera Duel! | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | JamieEng542 | |
 | Enlil: Rise Of the End | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HAPPYTECH |
 | Battleship 2 | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Priyam Jain, Matthew Lalande | |
 | Grainhold | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CreakGames | |
 | Demon Breaker | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Matthew Lalande |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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