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Should I ship a Sports Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Sports
Only 18 developers shipped a Sports 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, Turnfall, 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, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 10 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.8k, ×2.8 the market's $1.3k for a 10 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×86 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 26 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,171) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 115 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 down 75% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Sports; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 403 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Combat RacingPoor odds
Comparable games
Shipped 2019 · $175k 
Soccer Online: Ball 3D 2017 · $137k 
Turnfall 2025 · $115k 
Hashiriya Drifter-Online Drift Racing Multiplayer (DRIFT/DRAG/RACING) 2020 · $80k 
River City Melee : Battle Royal Special 2017 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shipped | older | $9.99 | 584 96% | 18k | $175k (exactly $175,025) | Majorariatto |
| | Soccer Online: Ball 3D | older | $0.99 | 4,624 89% | 139k | $137k (exactly $137,333) | Unusualsoft |
| | Turnfall | $39.99 | 96 95% | 2.9k | $115k (exactly $115,171) | Koleapin Studio | |
| | Hashiriya Drifter-Online Drift Racing Multiplayer (DRIFT/DRAG/RACING) | older | $1.99 | 1,337 68% | 40k | $80k (exactly $79,819) | Midnight Games |
| | River City Melee : Battle Royal Special | older | $19.99 | 89 57% | 2.7k | $53k (exactly $53,373) | Arc System Works |
 | Dawn of Anarchy | $13.99 | 125 84% | 3.8k | $52k (exactly $52,462) | Quacky Games | |
 | SQUID GIRLS 18+ | older | $6.99 | 198 60% | 5.9k | $42k (exactly $41,521) | Squid Developer |
 | FALL GIRLS | older | $6.99 | 187 49% | 5.6k | $39k (exactly $39,214) | Squid Developer |
 | Furry Arena [18+] | older | $1.99 | 599 64% | 18k | $36k (exactly $35,760) | Octo Games |
 | Perfect Partner | older | $8.99 | 107 79% | 3.2k | $29k (exactly $28,858) | RD Studio |
 | Dusty Derby | · EA | $9.99 | 66 100% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $19,780) | Geniesoft Inc. |
 | The Great Axe | $19.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Gamesforgames | |
 | GOKA Street | · EA | $4.99 | 44 86% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | Blay Games |
 | run for money Hunter vs. Runner! Which side will you win!? | $29.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | INFINITY Co., Ltd. | |
 | Chasers Dash & Bash | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Flipstar | |
 | Hololive Fantasy Battle | $13.00 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,290) | G-Blossom | |
 | Winning Tactics | $9.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Summoner's Automata | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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