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Should I ship an Arcade Wrestling game?
Wrestling + Arcade
Only 12 developers shipped an Arcade Wrestling 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, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×1812 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 22 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $598 (exactly $598) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,688) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,137,631) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 115% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Wrestling, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 2,058 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wrestling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + PhysicsDead
- + FightingDead
- + Local MultiplayerDead
Comparable games
AEW: Fight Forever 2023 · $1.6M 
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage 2025 · $1.1M 
Final Vendetta 2022 · $286k 
RetroMania Wrestling 2021 · $146k 
Kinky Fight Club 2020 · $64k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | AEW: Fight Forever | older | $39.99 | 1,343 59% | 40k | $1.6M (exactly $1,611,197) | YUKE'S |
| | Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage | $19.99 | 1,897 71% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,137,631) | RGG Studio | |
| | Final Vendetta | older | $24.99 | 381 81% | 11k | $286k (exactly $285,636) | Bitmap Bureau |
| | RetroMania Wrestling | older | $19.99 | 243 80% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Retrosoft Studios |
| | Kinky Fight Club | older | $19.99 | 107 78% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Mr Z Games |
 | Action Arcade Wrestling | older | $14.99 | 130 75% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,461) | VICO Game Studio |
 | Treachery in Beatdown City | older | $19.99 | 72 76% | 2.2k | $43k (exactly $43,178) | NuChallenger, HurakanWorks |
 | Kinky Fight Club 2 | $20.00 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,600) | Skyflare Studios, MrZGames | |
 | Cricket Through the Ages | older | $7.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,779) | Free Lives |
 | Uchi No Heya! | $9.99 | 39 100% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | James West | |
 | Just Dismantle | $2.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $4.0k (exactly $4,037) | Hubert Szwed | |
 | Last Eclipse | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Animas Games | |
 | A Ridiculous Waste of Time | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Ridiculous Games | |
 | FINAL FURY | · EA | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Kluge Interactive |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | Wrestling Classics: Olde Timey Pro Wrestling | $3.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | LunarCore Games | |
 | FURRY DO PORN | $3.85 | 5 20% | 150 | $578 (exactly $578) | FURRAI_XXX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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