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Should I ship a Beat 'em up Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Beat 'em up
Only 17 developers shipped a Beat 'em up Battle Royale 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, Holiday Party: Mascot Brawl, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 10 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $5.0k (exactly $5,036) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 260% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 33%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Beat 'em up; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, PvP, 3D Fighter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 62 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
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Comparable games
Mad Streets 2022 · $90k 
River City Melee : Battle Royal Special 2017 · $53k 
universe treasure 2022 · $38k 
Bounty Battle 2020 · $23k 
OutRage: Fight Fest 2024 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mad Streets | older | $14.99 | 200 85% | 6.0k | $90k (exactly $89,940) | Craftshop Arts Inc. |
| | River City Melee : Battle Royal Special | older | $19.99 | 89 57% | 2.7k | $53k (exactly $53,373) | Arc System Works |
| | universe treasure | older | $13.99 | 91 58% | 2.7k | $38k (exactly $38,193) | モンスター研 |
| | Bounty Battle | older | $19.99 | 39 20% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dark Screen Games |
| | OutRage: Fight Fest | older | $9.99 | 62 77% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Hardball Games Ltd |
 | Food Chain | · EA older | $7.99 | 69 59% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Kozhakov |
 | Fisti-Fluffs | older | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Playfellow Studio |
 | Too Many Weapons | older | $9.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Studio HK |
 | Holiday Party: Mascot Brawl | $13.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.0k (exactly $5,036) | NAMSON Digital | |
 | Smokyflex | older | $12.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Gamesforgames |
 | Hentai USSR | $0.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,158) | Who We Are Games | |
 | Bumper Brawlers | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Gyxos | |
 | OutBreak: The Last Survivor | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Briant Entertainment | |
 | Neon Knights | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | VHornet Games | |
 | Battle Mayhem | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Sam Farnsley | |
 | 100 Guys 1 Stick | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | machinetherapist | |
 | Suds | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Honeybell Games |
 | 100 Men vs 1 Gorilla | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Kekdot | |
 | Riverside Gals / 大乱闘リバーサイドギャルズ | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 黒の御者団 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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