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Should I ship an AI Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Artificial Intelligence
Only 8 developers shipped an AI Spectacle fighter 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, Morbid Metal, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $390 against a market of $1.5k. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $390 (exactly $390) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,126) |
| Top 5% | $839k (exactly $839,233) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.25 |
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 15% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter
- Price point
- $5.25 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 5,520 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance 2024 · $4.1M 
Morbid Metal 2026 · EA · $839k 
Trailer Shop Simulator 2021 · $40k 
ALTAIR BREAKER 2022 · $34k 
AI-deal-Rays [General Edition] 2025 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance | older | $39.99 | 3,395 82% | 102k | $4.1M (exactly $4,072,982) | Slitherine Ltd. |
| | Morbid Metal | · EA | $17.99 | 1,555 81% | 47k | $839k (exactly $839,233) | SCREEN JUICE |
| | Trailer Shop Simulator | older | $4.99 | 265 73% | 8.0k | $40k (exactly $39,670) | GidAzGames |
| | ALTAIR BREAKER | older | $24.99 | 46 63% | 1.4k | $34k (exactly $34,486) | Thirdverse, Co., Ltd. |
| | AI-deal-Rays [General Edition] | $5.99 | 112 58% | 3.4k | $20k (exactly $20,126) | Riez-ON | |
 | FIREGROUND Modern War | older | $4.99 | 69 68% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Xyak-Xyak |
 | История бомжа | older | $4.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Quarlellle |
 | Medieval Arms | older | $14.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Goodline Games |
 | Ultimate Bumper Cars - Dodgems | older | $17.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $3.2k (exactly $3,238) | ogsoftgames |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2020 | older | $9.99 | 8 0% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Technologies&Simulators |
 | Japanese Psycho | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ghost_RUS Games | |
 | Mad Bang Bang | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Tomorrow Baby | |
 | Synergy Strike | $5.25 | 1 100% | 30 | $158 (exactly $158) | strangeboltz | |
 | Base Defense | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Taranau Aliaksei | |
 | Hapless | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zhang Huiqin | |
 | StarBay | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cfyz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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