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Should I ship a Mech Beat 'em up?
Beat 'em up + Mechs
Only 7 developers shipped a Mech 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, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $250k against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $17k (exactly $16,539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $246k (exactly $245,618) |
| Top 25% | $2.8M (exactly $2,795,631) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,859,249) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $18.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Mechs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $18.99 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 $59.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 85,568 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $17k. 2 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×10.0 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
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014 · $62M 
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE 2022 · $8.8M 
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion 2025 · $3.9M 
M.A.S.S. Builder 2025 · $2.8M 
SAND LAND 2024 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE | older | $29.99 | 69,104 96% | 2.1M | $62M (exactly $62,172,869) | PlatinumGames |
| | SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE | older | $59.99 | 4,892 62% | 147k | $8.8M (exactly $8,804,132) | ARTDINK |
| | Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion | $69.99 | 1,838 63% | 55k | $3.9M (exactly $3,859,249) | Marvelous Inc. | |
| | M.A.S.S. Builder | $24.99 | 3,729 85% | 112k | $2.8M (exactly $2,795,631) | Vermillion Digital | |
| | SAND LAND | older | $59.99 | 1,018 86% | 31k | $1.8M (exactly $1,832,095) | ILCA, Inc. |
 | UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER – The Feast of the Wolves | older | $39.99 | 559 84% | 17k | $671k (exactly $670,632) | Endroad |
 | Insect Swarm | older | $6.99 | 2,491 84% | 75k | $522k (exactly $522,363) | Parallel Portal |
 | Nitro Express | $12.99 | 1,069 75% | 32k | $417k (exactly $416,589) | Grayfax Software | |
 | Slave Zero X | older | $24.99 | 438 75% | 13k | $328k (exactly $328,369) | Poppy Works |
 | The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors | older | $19.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $258k (exactly $257,871) | Winning Entertainment Group Inc. |
 | Monster: Titan's Playground | · EA | $29.99 | 273 91% | 8.2k | $246k (exactly $245,618) | Stellar Knights |
 | Jenny the Witch | $7.99 | 69 88% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Catbird Soft | |
 | Project Lazarus 2 | $6.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | Terapoly | |
 | 胜利快打传 Win The Fight Legend 戦いの伝説に勝つ | $18.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZuoYuanYouYang Co.,Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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