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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Sports game?
Sports + Dark Fantasy
Only 15 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy Sports 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, Skate Story, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 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 $89; 1 in 20 cleared $1.6M, ×2610 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 8 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $900 (exactly $900) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,638,980) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 55% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 2,795 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic) 2017 · $6.4M 
Blood Bowl 3 2023 · $3.5M 
Skate Story 2025 · $1.6M 
House of Detention 2020 · $250k 
Mister Furry: Hot Muscles 2024 · $77k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic) | older | $29.99 | 7,077 78% | 212k | $6.4M (exactly $6,367,177) | Cyanide Studios |
| | Blood Bowl 3 | older | $29.99 | 3,940 51% | 118k | $3.5M (exactly $3,544,818) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Skate Story | $19.99 | 2,733 96% | 82k | $1.6M (exactly $1,638,980) | by Sam Eng | |
| | House of Detention | older | $0.99 | 8,413 91% | 252k | $250k (exactly $249,866) | Aniki, Male Union ♂ |
| | Mister Furry: Hot Muscles | older | $0.99 | 2,576 92% | 77k | $77k (exactly $76,507) | Red Six Development, Male Union |
 | Dungeon Deathball | older | $11.99 | 193 95% | 5.8k | $69k (exactly $69,422) | Matt Glanville |
 | Please FUCK ME my SEXY neighbor | older | $19.99 | 20 40% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Studio next door VR |
 | Last Devil - Family Friendly | older | $10.99 | 35 57% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,540) | ado, Sand Traveler |
 | Ironblood | · EA | $19.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Jack Wilds |
 | Maniac Path 4 | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Monster Yoga 👉👌 | $4.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | TheBigO Games | |
 | Rough Rivals | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Constantin Roussel | |
 | Guild Manager | $9.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Benjamin King | |
 | Bashing Brutal | $7.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Lema Games | |
 | GameSyndicates | $29.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $900 (exactly $900) | GameSyndicates | |
 | Voodoo Pin | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Type-B | |
 | Sol Divide | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Zerodiv |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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