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Should I ship an Adventure Boxing game?
Boxing + Adventure
Only 18 developers shipped an Adventure Boxing game 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, MMA Life Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×353 the market median. Revenue is up 85% on the market; 24 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) |
| Top 5% | $222k (exactly $221,719) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 85% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Boxing, Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,052 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boxing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + SimulationFair
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Kao the Kangaroo 2022 · $784k 
MMA Life Simulator 2026 · $222k 
Chushpan Simulator 2024 · $221k 
Spirit X Strike 2025 · EA · $158k 
MMA Team Manager 2019 · $50k | 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 |
| | MMA Life Simulator | $16.99 | 435 80% | 13k | $222k (exactly $221,719) | BNS7 | |
| | Chushpan Simulator | older | $2.99 | 2,466 85% | 74k | $221k (exactly $221,200) | Sebasa Games |
| | Spirit X Strike | · EA | $12.99 | 406 82% | 12k | $158k (exactly $158,218) | MAICHA STUDIO |
| | MMA Team Manager | older | $29.99 | 56 33% | 1.7k | $50k (exactly $50,383) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | A.D. 2047 | older | $19.99 | 79 62% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | Leenzee Games |
 | Chushpan Simulator 2 | older | $2.99 | 448 81% | 13k | $40k (exactly $40,186) | Sebasa Games |
 | World Championship Boxing Manager™ 2 | older | $12.99 | 90 67% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Mega Cat Studios |
 | Pato Box | older | $9.99 | 117 70% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | Bromio, 2think design studio |
 | Morningstar: Book of the Fallen | $14.99 | 67 94% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Droid Productions | |
 | Creepy Creepy Love | $4.99 | 62 93% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | BYYONI Entertainment | |
 | The SeethingSwarm Collection | $9.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | Seethingswarm | |
 | DASHPUNCH | $7.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | DoubleV | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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