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Should I ship a Dragon Beat 'em up?
Beat 'em up + Dragons
Only 10 developers shipped a Dragon 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, Double Dragon Revive, 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.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,192) |
| Top 5% | $165k (exactly $164,803) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 620% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 70% positive over 256 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2015 · $34M 
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 2016 · $27M 
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT 2020 · $26M 
DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ Slime Edition 2015 · $1.4M 
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara 2013 · $689k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE | older | $64.98 | 17,554 89% | 527k | $34M (exactly $34,219,768) | DIMPS |
| | DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 | older | $19.99 | 45,155 90% | 1.4M | $27M (exactly $27,079,453) | QLOC, Dimps Corporation |
| | DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT | older | $19.99 | 43,951 92% | 1.3M | $26M (exactly $26,357,415) | CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. |
| | DRAGON QUEST HEROES™ Slime Edition | older | $39.99 | 1,150 67% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,379,655) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara | older | $14.99 | 1,533 80% | 46k | $689k (exactly $689,390) | Iron Galaxy Studios |
 | Mirror of Heaven | older | $9.25 | 995 79% | 30k | $276k (exactly $276,112) | EnjoyPlay Ltd |
 | Double Dragon Revive | $34.99 | 157 63% | 4.7k | $165k (exactly $164,803) | YUKE’S | |
 | Loot Hero DX | older | $2.99 | 338 71% | 10k | $30k (exactly $30,319) | VaragtP |
 | Dragon Rage | older | $6.99 | 129 75% | 3.9k | $27k (exactly $27,051) | Bulletproof Outlaws |
 | The Legend of Yan Loong 1+2 | older | $12.99 | 61 57% | 1.8k | $24k (exactly $23,772) | Creetor |
 | Cat Gladiator | $8.99 | 69 86% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,609) | Funleeks Studio | |
 | Heroes of Mount Dragon | $19.99 | 27 66% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | RuniQ | |
 | Seal of Shadows | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Cris Litvin | |
 | Rapax | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 大複 |
 | Forgotten spirit | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | BurningGRP | |
 | INFEROS NUMINE : descent into darkness | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 2.5D Gaming Studio | |
 | Dragon Puncher | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | VITAMIN | |
 | Trigger of Silence | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LUO YUXIN | |
 | Tower Of Dogma | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OugenSoft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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