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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Boxing game?
Boxing + Martial Arts
Of 30 developers who shipped a Martial-Arts Boxing game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 47 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×198 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 47 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,350) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,258) |
| Top 5% | $124k (exactly $124,159) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 91 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Martial Arts
- 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
- Boxing; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Action, Combat
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,064 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 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
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Gym Simulator 24 2024 · $986k 
Waifu Fighter 2022 · $642k 
Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu 2021 · $183k 
Spirit X Strike 2025 · EA · $158k 
Tactic Boxing 2024 · $125k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
| | Waifu Fighter | older | $7.99 | 2,677 86% | 80k | $642k (exactly $641,677) | Happy Monster Studio |
| | Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu | older | $19.99 | 305 95% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | Ben Olding Games |
| | Spirit X Strike | · EA | $12.99 | 406 82% | 12k | $158k (exactly $158,218) | MAICHA STUDIO |
| | Tactic Boxing | older | $9.99 | 416 77% | 12k | $125k (exactly $124,675) | Stately Eagle Games |
 | Baki Hanma: Blood Arena | $29.99 | 138 76% | 4.1k | $124k (exactly $124,159) | Purple Tree S R L | |
 | LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT | $29.99 | 121 85% | 3.6k | $109k (exactly $108,864) | Odders Lab | |
 | Kandidatos | older | $0.99 | 3,461 90% | 104k | $103k (exactly $102,792) | Shaikonina Games |
 | Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 52% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Luvseatshawty |
 | Virtual Fighting Championship (VFC) | · EA older | $15.99 | 174 70% | 5.2k | $83k (exactly $83,468) | L&L Technology, Yang.L |
 | Morningstar: Book of the Fallen | $14.99 | 67 94% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Droid Productions | |
 | Boxing Simulator | $7.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Inogames | |
 | Boxing School 2 | $14.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Raptor Claw Games | |
 | Corner King: Boxing Tycoon | $16.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $18,349) | Temporal Lure | |
 | UnderGirl: Submission Path | $7.99 | 72 73% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,258) | KadoDev | |
 | Creepy Creepy Love | $4.99 | 62 93% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | BYYONI Entertainment | |
 | Punch to Glory | $6.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | Musa GUNGOR |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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