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Should I ship a Futuristic Boxing game?
Boxing + Futuristic
Only 6 developers shipped a Futuristic Boxing 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, Sportvida CyberDash, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 5% | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Boxing
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boxing
- 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 64% positive over 535 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boxing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + SimulationFair
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A.D. 2047 | older | $19.99 | 79 62% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | Leenzee Games |
| | Dance Collider | older | $4.99 | 169 80% | 5.1k | $25k (exactly $25,299) | emergeWorlds |
| | Fighting Robots | older | $2.99 | 228 54% | 6.8k | $20k (exactly $20,452) | HFM Games |
| | Girlfight 2024 | older | $7.99 | 18 33% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Wildcard Entertainment |
| | Sportvida CyberDash | $19.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | ible Sportvida | |
| | Metal Combat | $5.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Solar Studios | |
| | Rushing Beat Of Rage | older | $8.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Joystick Studio |
| | Punchout: Music | · EA older | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Officeu Co., Ltd. |
| | Box: Boxing | older | $1.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | John's Project |
| | ANIME Street Fight | older | $1.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Seito Games |
| | Odania Sports Arena | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Odania GmbH | |
| | GeoBoxer | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Phenomaker | |
| | FISTAGON | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Virtual Dawn | |
| | Cyber Boxing Arena | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | JJTW Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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