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Should I ship a Cat Beat 'em up?
Beat 'em up + Cats
Only 8 developers shipped a Cat 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, Cat Gladiator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $480. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $358 (exactly $358) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,609) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1300% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 15,886 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 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
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2021 · $6.5M 
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 2020 · $4.5M 
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 2023 · $1.5M 
No More Heroes 2021 · $1.4M 
No More Heroes 3 2022 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | older | $49.99 | 4,311 75% | 129k | $6.5M (exactly $6,465,207) | Ludosity, Fair Play Labs |
| | Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | older | $29.99 | 5,004 92% | 150k | $4.5M (exactly $4,502,099) | Edelweiss |
| | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | older | $49.99 | 1,013 81% | 30k | $1.5M (exactly $1,519,196) | Fair Play Labs |
| | No More Heroes | older | $19.99 | 2,264 84% | 68k | $1.4M (exactly $1,357,721) | GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. |
| | No More Heroes 3 | older | $39.99 | 835 79% | 25k | $1.0M (exactly $1,001,750) | GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. |
 | No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle | older | $19.99 | 1,130 73% | 34k | $678k (exactly $677,661) | GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. |
 | BROK the InvestiGator | older | $19.99 | 985 97% | 30k | $591k (exactly $590,704) | COWCAT |
 | Super Catboy | older | $9.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,824) | Pixelpogo |
 | Cat Gladiator | $8.99 | 69 86% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,609) | Funleeks Studio | |
 | Fisti-Fluffs | older | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Playfellow Studio |
 | The SeethingSwarm Collection | $9.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | Seethingswarm | |
 | Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche | $7.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | WayForward | |
 | Kinap | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Golden Adam Games | |
 | Armed Animals RPG | $15.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | Strejda Jenda Productions | |
 | Tiger Simulator | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Guyish | |
 | Cat With Gun | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Anton Kastler | |
 | 哈基米打败绿豆 | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 哈基米高手 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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