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Stealth + Beat 'em up
Only 14 developers shipped a Beat 'em up Stealth game 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, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $60M, ×95811 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,478) |
| Top 5% | $60M (exactly $60,169,370) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 80% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 34,763 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Batman™: Arkham Knight 2015 · $67M 
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014 · $62M 
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2025 · $60M 
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales 2022 · $59M 
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 2010 · $37M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Batman™: Arkham Knight | older | $19.99 | 111,190 92% | 3.3M | $67M (exactly $66,680,643) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE | older | $29.99 | 69,104 96% | 2.1M | $62M (exactly $62,172,869) | PlatinumGames |
| | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | $59.99 | 33,433 83% | 1.0M | $60M (exactly $60,169,370) | Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software | |
| | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | older | $49.99 | 39,234 93% | 1.2M | $59M (exactly $58,839,230) | Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software |
| | Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition | older | $19.99 | 62,057 96% | 1.9M | $37M (exactly $37,215,583) | Rocksteady Studios |
 | Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition | older | $19.99 | 55,935 95% | 1.7M | $34M (exactly $33,544,219) | Rocksteady Studios |
 | Batman™: Arkham Origins | older | $19.99 | 45,536 90% | 1.4M | $27M (exactly $27,307,939) | WB Games Montreal, Splash Damage |
 | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood | older | $29.99 | 1,463 69% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,316,261) | Cyanide Studio |
 | Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure | older | $14.99 | 2,302 89% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,035,209) | The Collective, General Arcade |
 | Batman™: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,682 44% | 50k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,695) | Armature Studio, LLC |
 | Kong: Survivor Instinct | $24.99 | 338 71% | 10k | $253k (exactly $253,399) | 7Levels | |
 | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
 | シシテナオ-Even in Death- | $9.99 | 75 94% | 2.3k | $22k (exactly $22,478) | Mugen Daraku | |
 | 北城捷運糾察隊(Northern City Metro Patrol) | $3.00 | 49 83% | 1.5k | $4.4k (exactly $4,410) | HoneyJamStudio | |
 | MeMic | $7.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | OnlineKingdom | |
 | Samurai's Odyssey | · EA | $7.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | CODEUM GAMES, 11Gen |
 | HANDOVER | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Jolly Fox | |
 | Tiger Simulator | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Guyish | |
 | Anders III: Coast Of Pain | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Andrew Simon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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