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Should I ship a Boxing Sports game?
Sports + Boxing
Of 61 developers who shipped a Boxing Sports 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.. 62 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $81k, ×130 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 62 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $82k (exactly $81,559) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 61 |
| Released games | 189 |
| Announced | 62 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 90% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Boxing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Simulation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
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 19,965 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 62 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Undisputed 2024 · $29M 
Punch Club 2016 · $3.6M 
Creed: Rise to Glory™ 2018 · $1.5M 
BOXVR 2019 · $1.4M 
The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing 2019 · $1.2M | 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 |
| | BOXVR | older | $29.99 | 1,512 79% | 45k | $1.4M (exactly $1,360,346) | FitXR |
| | The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing | older | $9.99 | 3,973 95% | 119k | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,708) | Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd |
 | 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 |
 | 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. |
 | PowerBeatsVR - VR Fitness | older | $19.99 | 453 85% | 14k | $272k (exactly $271,664) | Five Mind Creations |
 | 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 | |
 | Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 136 96% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Pound for Pound Games |
 | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
 | Beat the Beats VR | $19.99 | 48 97% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Parallel Circles | |
 | Leftovers KO! | $9.99 | 92 66% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Mountain Man Animation | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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