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Should I ship a Tennis Action game?
Action + Tennis
Of 23 developers who shipped a Tennis Action game 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.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 5560% on the market; 12 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $628 (exactly $628) |
| Top 25% | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,532) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 5560% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Action, Tennis; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Arcade, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 393 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
AO Tennis 2 2020 · $1.9M 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
First Person Tennis - The Real Tennis Simulator 2019 · $262k 
Tennis Elbow Manager 2 2021 · $182k 
Toasterball 2023 · $97k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | AO Tennis 2 | older | $49.99 | 1,236 70% | 37k | $1.9M (exactly $1,853,629) | Big Ant Studios |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | First Person Tennis - The Real Tennis Simulator | older | $24.99 | 349 87% | 10k | $262k (exactly $261,645) | Mikori Games |
| | Tennis Elbow Manager 2 | older | $29.99 | 202 91% | 6.1k | $182k (exactly $181,739) | Mana Games |
| | Toasterball | older | $9.99 | 324 96% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $97,103) | Les Crafteurs |
 | Tennis Manager 26 | $39.99 | 46 73% | 1.4k | $55k (exactly $55,186) | Rebound | |
 | Tennis Manager 2024 | older | $9.99 | 94 77% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Rebound |
 | Trivia Vault: Tennis Trivia | older | $13.99 | 65 69% | 2.0k | $27k (exactly $27,280) | Ripknot Systems |
 | 10S FOREVER | $7.99 | 94 98% | 2.8k | $23k (exactly $22,532) | owch | |
 | Racket Pinball | $19.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | NiVision | |
 | SPORTAL | $7.99 | 57 94% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Sleepwalking Potatoes | |
 | Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis: Next! | $29.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Old Skull Games | |
 | TORSO TENNIS | $4.99 | 63 100% | 1.9k | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) | Michael Mato | |
 | Tennis Fighters | $7.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | TDO Games | |
 | King of Ping Pong: MEGAMIX | $6.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | Suspicious Jam | |
 | TENNISTRONIC | · EA | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Gametheus |
 | Sokker | $2.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Sokpop Collective |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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