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Should I ship a Boxing Simulation game?
Boxing + Simulation
Of 39 developers who shipped a Boxing Simulation 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.. 35 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $90. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 35 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,492) |
| Top 5% | $222k (exactly $221,719) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 39 |
| Released games | 100 |
| Announced | 35 |
| 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 up 55% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Simulation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boxing, Simulation; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Management, Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 20,120 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Boxing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Undisputed 2024 · $29M 
Punch Club 2016 · $3.6M 
Creed: Rise to Glory™ 2018 · $1.5M 
Gym Simulator 24 2024 · $986k 
Waifu Fighter 2022 · $642k | 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 |
| | 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 |
 | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
 | MMA Life Simulator | $16.99 | 435 80% | 13k | $222k (exactly $221,719) | BNS7 | |
 | Chushpan Simulator | older | $2.99 | 2,466 85% | 74k | $221k (exactly $221,200) | Sebasa Games |
 | Boxing School | older | $9.99 | 516 89% | 15k | $155k (exactly $154,645) | Raptor Claw Games |
 | Real Boxing™ | older | $4.99 | 908 68% | 27k | $136k (exactly $135,928) | Vivid Games S.A. |
 | LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT | $29.99 | 121 85% | 3.6k | $109k (exactly $108,864) | Odders Lab | |
 | Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 136 96% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Pound for Pound Games |
 | 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 | |
 | Punch to Glory | $6.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | Musa GUNGOR | |
 | Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Jfsimgames | |
 | Boxing World Simulator | $5.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $4.5k (exactly $4,492) | Al & Al |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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