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Should I ship an Alternate-History Beat 'em up?
Beat 'em up + Alternate History
Only 14 developers shipped an Alternate-History Beat 'em up 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, Arisen Force: HeroTest, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 25 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) |
| Top 5% | $123k (exactly $123,308) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Alternate History
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 509 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Beat 'em up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + RhythmFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + NinjaLong shot
- + Combat RacingLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE 2022 · $8.8M 
Tales Of Glory 2020 · $344k 
Slave Zero X 2024 · $328k 
Arisen Force: HeroTest 2024 · $123k 
Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version) 2023 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE | older | $59.99 | 4,892 62% | 147k | $8.8M (exactly $8,804,132) | ARTDINK |
| | Tales Of Glory | older | $10.99 | 1,042 80% | 31k | $344k (exactly $343,547) | BlackTale Games |
| | Slave Zero X | older | $24.99 | 438 75% | 13k | $328k (exactly $328,369) | Poppy Works |
| | Arisen Force: HeroTest | $10.99 | 374 82% | 11k | $123k (exactly $123,308) | Lemport | |
| | Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version) | older | $3.99 | 261 52% | 7.8k | $31k (exactly $31,242) | Andy Law |
 | DEAD DAYLIGHT | $2.99 | 71 88% | 2.1k | $6.4k (exactly $6,369) | KARMIU | |
 | Fuhrer in LA - Special Edition | older | $1.99 | 102 93% | 3.1k | $6.1k (exactly $6,089) | Ankaar Productions |
 | Tenebris Pictura | older | $19.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Pentadimensional Games SL |
 | War of Wheels | · EA | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dreambits Studio |
 | Arm of Revenge Re-Edition | older | $4.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | MagicWing |
 | Agent Fall | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Pufferfish Digital | |
 | BloodBound Knights | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Gabtrex | |
 | Hard as Hell | $0.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | L4S Games, KAPPIRE | |
 | Election FighterZ: Kamala vs trump | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Steven Silverstein | |
 | OESM - Sacred Story | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | CDIS Lab. | |
 | MAGA Simulator 2077 | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | Luke Gayson | |
 | CORE | · EA | $5.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | FrankFurtFiggleHorn |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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