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Should I ship a Character Customization Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Character Customization
Of 31 developers who shipped a Character Customization Spectacle fighter 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.. 67 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 67 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper, while revenue is down 95% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,445) |
| Top 5% | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 67 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Character Customization; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Hack and Slash
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 18,667 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 6 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Dead as Disco 2026 · EA · $9.3M 
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 · $5.2M 
MEGA MAN X DiVE Offline 2023 · $1.6M 
Fight Angel Special Edition 2019 · $1.1M 
MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED 2024 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dead as Disco | · EA | $24.99 | 12,354 96% | 371k | $9.3M (exactly $9,261,794) | Brain Jar Games, Inc. |
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
| | MEGA MAN X DiVE Offline | older | $29.99 | 1,760 80% | 53k | $1.6M (exactly $1,583,472) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | Fight Angel Special Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,776 75% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,065,067) | Red Fox |
| | MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED | older | $49.99 | 688 78% | 21k | $1.0M (exactly $1,031,794) | LEVEL5 Inc. |
 | SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 DX | older | $49.99 | 475 85% | 14k | $712k (exactly $712,358) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | Metal Bringer | $19.99 | 1,109 87% | 33k | $665k (exactly $665,067) | ALPHAWING Inc. | |
 | Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle | $18.99 | 950 71% | 29k | $541k (exactly $541,215) | KTMG LLC. | |
 | Samurai Bringer | older | $9.99 | 1,012 87% | 30k | $303k (exactly $303,296) | ALPHAWING Inc. |
 | Heart&Slash | older | $14.99 | 519 81% | 16k | $233k (exactly $233,394) | AHEARTFULOFGAMES |
 | Flash Doll | $8.99 | 859 80% | 26k | $232k (exactly $231,672) | Game Star | |
 | Voidborn | $12.99 | 349 81% | 10k | $136k (exactly $136,005) | Xekvera | |
 | VanySlash | $17.99 | 61 86% | 1.8k | $33k (exactly $32,922) | Atelier Delion | |
 | Rise of a Legend | · EA | $17.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $26k (exactly $26,445) | Masquarade, Nicholas St. Germain |
 | Shadow Prisoner | · EA | $13.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $13k (exactly $13,430) | Kizawaya |
 | EvoWars: New Era | $8.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) | Night Steed Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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