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Should I ship a Beat 'em up Wrestling game?
Wrestling + Beat 'em up
Only 7 developers shipped a Beat 'em up Wrestling 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, Femboy Futa Mania 🌶️, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $78k, ×125 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $78k (exactly $78,248) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more 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.
- Wrestling
- 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
- Wrestling, Beat 'em up
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 9,855 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wrestling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + PhysicsDead
- + FightingDead
- + Local MultiplayerDead
Comparable games
Wrestling Empire 2021 · $1.8M 
Guacamelee! 2 2018 · $1.6M 
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition 2014 · $1.2M 
Final Vendetta 2022 · $286k 
RetroMania Wrestling 2021 · $146k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wrestling Empire | older | $19.99 | 3,036 94% | 91k | $1.8M (exactly $1,820,689) | MDickie |
| | Guacamelee! 2 | older | $19.99 | 2,711 91% | 81k | $1.6M (exactly $1,625,787) | Drinkbox Studios |
| | Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition | older | $14.99 | 2,633 93% | 79k | $1.2M (exactly $1,184,060) | Drinkbox Studios |
| | Final Vendetta | older | $24.99 | 381 81% | 11k | $286k (exactly $285,636) | Bitmap Bureau |
| | RetroMania Wrestling | older | $19.99 | 243 80% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Retrosoft Studios |
 | A Gummy's Life | older | $19.99 | 194 81% | 5.8k | $116k (exactly $116,342) | EP Games® |
 | Femboy Futa Mania 🌶️ | $14.99 | 174 71% | 5.2k | $78k (exactly $78,248) | Lewd Star | |
 | Pro Wrestling X | · EA older | $9.99 | 256 44% | 7.7k | $77k (exactly $76,723) | Wrestling Gamers United |
 | UPPERS | older | $14.99 | 155 78% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $69,704) | Bullets |
 | Treachery in Beatdown City | older | $19.99 | 72 76% | 2.2k | $43k (exactly $43,178) | NuChallenger, HurakanWorks |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | Last Eclipse | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Animas Games | |
 | Corporate Beatdown | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Vindoozle | |
 | A Camera Duel! | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | JamieEng542 | |
 | Anima Fighters | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Animas Games | |
 | Slap Master | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Inkby.Sainz |
 | UPG - Underground | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Real Bean Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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