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Should I ship a Boxing Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Boxing
Only 16 developers shipped a Boxing Action-Adventure 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, Spirit X Strike, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $158,218) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Boxing
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Boxing
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 484 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Kao the Kangaroo 2022 · $784k 
Spirit X Strike 2025 · EA · $158k 
Kandidatos 2020 · $103k 
Pato Box 2018 · $35k 
Kao the Kangaroo (2000 re-release) 2023 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kao the Kangaroo | older | $29.99 | 871 74% | 26k | $784k (exactly $783,639) | Tate Multimedia |
| | Spirit X Strike | · EA | $12.99 | 406 82% | 12k | $158k (exactly $158,218) | MAICHA STUDIO |
| | Kandidatos | older | $0.99 | 3,461 90% | 104k | $103k (exactly $102,792) | Shaikonina Games |
| | Pato Box | older | $9.99 | 117 70% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | Bromio, 2think design studio |
| | Kao the Kangaroo (2000 re-release) | older | $1.99 | 397 73% | 12k | $24k (exactly $23,701) | Tate Multimedia |
 | Election Year Knockout | older | $9.99 | 79 88% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | ExceptioNULL Games |
 | Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano (2005 re-release) | older | $1.99 | 237 70% | 7.1k | $14k (exactly $14,149) | Tate Multimedia |
 | Naked Porn Battle | older | $14.99 | 29 44% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | by Cassandra |
 | The SeethingSwarm Collection | $9.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | Seethingswarm | |
 | Smashing Spirits: Brazil's First Boxer | older | $5.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | Sensen Games |
 | Knockout 2: Wrath of the Karen | · EA | $19.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | ExceptioNULL Games |
 | Dadlympics | · EA | $3.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Gooby Games |
 | Impact to the Head | $2.50 | 18 83% | 540 | $1.4k (exactly $1,350) | W0nnaFight | |
 | Road To Champion: Boxing Simulator | · EA | $10.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | Gunersoft |
 | S.S.C. Rusted | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Series Sun | |
 | WhamPunch 超能打 | · EA | $2.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | AWE_some_ZT |
 | The Dance of Maple Leaves | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | 程进, 程进 | |
 | VR Ikare (Crazy) | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | KinkBunko |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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