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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Card Battler?
Card Battler + Martial Arts
Only 19 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Card Battler 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, Stack to Ascension, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×205 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 23 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) |
| Top 5% | $129k (exactly $128,991) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 23 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- 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
- Card Battler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 824 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Bullet HellFair
- + GamblingFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + CRPGPoor odds
Comparable games
觅长生 2023 · $12M 
天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia) 2023 · $2.4M 
Nitro Kid 2022 · $246k 
Stack to Ascension 2026 · $129k 
Yomi 2 2025 · $62k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 觅长生 | older | $14.99 | 27,072 93% | 812k | $12M (exactly $12,174,278) | Chalcedony Network |
| | 天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia) | older | $24.99 | 3,151 85% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,362,305) | 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 |
| | Nitro Kid | older | $19.99 | 410 89% | 12k | $246k (exactly $245,877) | Wildboy Studios |
| | Stack to Ascension | $12.99 | 331 54% | 9.9k | $129k (exactly $128,991) | Stack to Ascension | |
| | Yomi 2 | $19.99 | 104 92% | 3.1k | $62k (exactly $62,369) | Sirlin Games | |
 | Ultimate Hero | $9.99 | 184 65% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $55,145) | Fishwharf | |
 | Kungfu Card | · EA | $4.99 | 125 73% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,712) | ZeroCastle Game Studio, Miwu Studio |
 | Punch to Glory | $6.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | Musa GUNGOR | |
 | 荡天下 | $10.99 | 18 61% | 540 | $5.9k (exactly $5,935) | Herry013, Herry013 | |
 | Zodiac Mountain | · EA | $12.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Mystic Road |
 | Last Shinobi | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Dark Tomato Studio | |
 | WuLin Showdown | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Team QiLin | |
 | FULL BET - FIGHTING CASINO - | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | FlatMountain |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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