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Should I ship a Boxing Fighting game?
Fighting + Boxing
Only 16 developers shipped a Boxing Fighting 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, Undisputed, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.2k, ×2.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $28M, ×19212 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,258) |
| Top 5% | $29M (exactly $28,779,243) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Fighting, Boxing; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Simulation
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 19,920 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fighting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SandboxStrong odds
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + Local Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Undisputed 2024 · $29M 
Punch Club 2016 · $3.6M 
Creed: Rise to Glory™ 2018 · $1.5M 
The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing 2019 · $1.2M 
Punch A Bunch 2023 · $433k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Undisputed | $49.99 | 19,190 60% | 576k | $29M (exactly $28,779,243) | Steel City Interactive | |
| | Punch Club | older | $9.99 | 12,098 81% | 363k | $3.6M (exactly $3,625,771) | Lazy Bear Games |
| | Creed: Rise to Glory™ | older | $29.99 | 1,694 73% | 51k | $1.5M (exactly $1,524,092) | Survios |
| | The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing | older | $9.99 | 3,973 95% | 119k | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,708) | Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd |
| | Punch A Bunch | older | $14.99 | 963 74% | 29k | $433k (exactly $433,061) | Pontypants |
 | MMA Life Simulator | $16.99 | 435 80% | 13k | $222k (exactly $221,719) | BNS7 | |
 | Knockout League - Arcade VR Boxing | older | $19.99 | 349 77% | 10k | $209k (exactly $209,295) | Grab Games |
 | Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu | older | $19.99 | 305 95% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | Ben Olding Games |
 | Real Boxing™ | older | $4.99 | 908 68% | 27k | $136k (exactly $135,928) | Vivid Games S.A. |
 | Kandidatos | older | $0.99 | 3,461 90% | 104k | $103k (exactly $102,792) | Shaikonina Games |
 | Boxing Simulator | $7.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Inogames | |
 | UnderGirl: Submission Path | $7.99 | 72 73% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,258) | KadoDev | |
 | Backyard Boxing | $7.99 | 49 48% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $11,745) | Crime House Games, TheShadeGameDev | |
 | Real Boxing 2: Remastered | $9.99 | 18 38% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Vivid Games S.A. | |
 | Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Jfsimgames | |
 | Turn Based Boxing: Tactics - Legends Edition | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | The Slanted Room | |
 | Brainrot Animals Fighting | $1.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,090) | River Way Studios | |
 | Genki Break! | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | SteamyDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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