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Should I ship a Physics Boxing game?
Boxing + Physics
Only 14 developers shipped a Physics 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, Electro Bop Boxing League, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $37k, ×60 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 5% | $38k (exactly $37,775) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boxing, Physics; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 3D Fighter, Combat
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 8 games average 79% positive over 208 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boxing with a different second tag, 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
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Punch A Bunch 2023 · $433k 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu 2021 · $183k 
Tactic Boxing 2024 · $125k 
Airport Ground Handling Simulator VR 2022 · EA · $109k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Punch A Bunch | older | $14.99 | 963 74% | 29k | $433k (exactly $433,061) | Pontypants |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu | older | $19.99 | 305 95% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | Ben Olding Games |
| | Tactic Boxing | older | $9.99 | 416 77% | 12k | $125k (exactly $124,675) | Stately Eagle Games |
| | Airport Ground Handling Simulator VR | · EA older | $29.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $109k (exactly $108,864) | AVIAR B.V. |
 | Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 52% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Luvseatshawty |
 | Let's take a bath with Purin 2 | older | $17.99 | 133 83% | 4.0k | $72k (exactly $71,780) | Parabolica Games |
 | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
 | Ultimate MMA | older | $5.99 | 196 51% | 5.9k | $35k (exactly $35,221) | Anton Pushkarev |
 | Crazy Kung Fu | older | $14.99 | 71 87% | 2.1k | $32k (exactly $31,929) | Field Of Vision |
 | Boxing Simulator | $7.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Inogames | |
 | Golden Gloves VR | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Engine Room VR | |
 | Mighty Arms | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | NebulaNookGames | |
 | Dadlympics | · EA | $3.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Gooby Games |
 | Bashing Brutal | $7.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Lema Games | |
 | KONG FU | $3.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | matthizzone | |
 | WhamPunch 超能打 | · EA | $2.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | AWE_some_ZT |
 | Slap Fighter | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Curious Games | |
 | Face Puncher 2 | · EA | $13.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | facePuncher7 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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