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Should I ship a Choices Matter Fighting game?
Fighting + Choices Matter
Only 6 developers shipped a Choices Matter 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, Mortal Rite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,834) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Fighting
- effort 7 / 10 · low · frame data, hitboxes and rollback netcode
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Fighting, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 27,174 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fighting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SandboxStrong odds
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CyberpunkPoor odds
- + Local Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning 2020 · $7.6M 
Punch Club 2016 · $3.6M 
Gigantic: Rampage Edition 2024 · $2.3M 
Fight'N Rage 2017 · $1.5M 
Mayhem Brawler 2021 · $501k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning | older | $39.99 | 6,305 78% | 189k | $7.6M (exactly $7,564,108) | KAIKO, Big Huge Games, 38 Studios |
| | Punch Club | older | $9.99 | 12,098 81% | 363k | $3.6M (exactly $3,625,771) | Lazy Bear Games |
| | Gigantic: Rampage Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,795 65% | 114k | $2.3M (exactly $2,275,862) | Abstraction Games |
| | Fight'N Rage | older | $19.99 | 2,557 92% | 77k | $1.5M (exactly $1,533,433) | sebagamesdev |
| | Mayhem Brawler | older | $19.99 | 836 89% | 25k | $501k (exactly $501,349) | Hero Concept |
 | Swords of Gurrah | · EA older | $14.99 | 622 78% | 19k | $280k (exactly $279,713) | Devster, LLC |
 | Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues | older | $19.99 | 417 84% | 13k | $250k (exactly $250,075) | Flux Games |
 | Majikoi! Love Me Seriously! | older | $34.99 | 212 95% | 6.4k | $223k (exactly $222,536) | Minato Soft |
 | Shuyan Saga™ | older | $14.99 | 261 86% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $117,372) | Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc. |
 | Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising | older | $49.99 | 71 42% | 2.1k | $106k (exactly $106,479) | Flux Games |
 | Mortal Rite | · EA | $14.99 | 53 62% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Round Toast Studios |
 | Teach Me Master | $9.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | JellyFluff Games | |
 | Games of the Monarch's Eye | $5.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Choice of Games | |
 | Perk Up | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Sphereka | |
 | Whotfire | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TinCity Games | |
 | Virus X | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | IcekingPanda |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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