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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Action Game Fighting game?

Character Action Game + Fighting

Only 9 developers shipped a Character Action Game Fighting 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, Cyberpunk SFX, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×2.0 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×37 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 20% on the market, 21 announced, ×3.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Action Game + Fighting
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 9

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Fighting: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 9
Bottom 30% $1.4k (exactly $1,350)
Median $3.0k (exactly $2,998)
Top 25% $5.8k (exactly $5,755)
Top 5% $55k (exactly $54,845)
Developers, 2 yr 9
Released games 70
Announced 21
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
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 20% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
Fighting
effort 7 / 10 · low · frame data, hitboxes and rollback netcode

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game, Fighting
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 84% positive over 25,392 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.4k, median $3.0k, 1 in 4 over $5.7k, 1 in 20 over $54k.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SCARLET NEXUS 2021 · $25M SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal 2019 · $2.2M Redeemer: Enhanced Edition 2017 · $949k Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae 2014 · $823k Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion 2018 · $708k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SCARLET NEXUS older $59.99 13,749 81% 412k $25M (exactly $24,744,075) BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal older $29.99 2,433 92% 73k $2.2M (exactly $2,188,970) Tamsoft
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition older $11.99 2,637 87% 79k $949k (exactly $948,529) Sobaka Studio
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae older $9.99 2,747 81% 82k $823k (exactly $823,276) Zenith Blue
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion older $24.99 944 91% 28k $708k (exactly $707,717) Climax Studios
Assault Spy older $19.99 952 92% 29k $571k (exactly $570,914) Wazen
Ben 10 older $24.99 448 77% 13k $336k (exactly $335,866) Torus Games
Shing! older $19.99 334 79% 10k $200k (exactly $200,300) Mass Creation
Pulling No Punches older $9.99 563 95% 17k $169k (exactly $168,731) BrainDead Broccoli
Fairy Bloom Freesia older $7.99 585 89% 18k $140k (exactly $140,224) Edelweiss
Cyberpunk SFX $9.99 183 83% 5.5k $55k (exactly $54,845) Whale Rock Games
DAWN ONE $8.99 26 76% 780 $7.0k (exactly $7,012) shaderbunny
Maki: Paw of Fury $11.99 16 75% 480 $5.8k (exactly $5,755) Bacord
Ominous Stew $12.99 14 100% 420 $5.5k (exactly $5,456) bloomgeist
Xenrai $19.99 5 80% 150 $3.0k (exactly $2,998) Zenith Edge Studios
SIRO $9.99 8 62% 240 $2.4k (exactly $2,398) X Soft Studio
Aurora's Awakening $15.00 3 100% 90 $1.4k (exactly $1,350) DJCat
Medieval Heroes $2.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Trottomatic
The Grand Slamboree $8.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Alex Jackson

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.