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Should I ship a Destruction Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Destruction
Only 8 developers shipped a Destruction Spectacle fighter 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, River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×8.7 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 $2.7k against a market of $1.5k. 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,941) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $33,289) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Destruction
- 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, Destruction
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 9,927 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.7 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
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance 2024 · $4.1M 
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023 · EA · $900k 
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae 2014 · $823k 
Astebreed: Definitive Edition 2014 · $763k 
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms 2022 · $229k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance | older | $39.99 | 3,395 82% | 102k | $4.1M (exactly $4,072,982) | Slitherine Ltd. |
| | DAVIGO: VR vs. PC | · EA older | $24.99 | 1,200 84% | 36k | $900k (exactly $899,640) | Davigo Studio |
| | Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae | older | $9.99 | 2,747 81% | 82k | $823k (exactly $823,276) | Zenith Blue |
| | Astebreed: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,272 87% | 38k | $763k (exactly $762,818) | Edelweiss |
| | River City Saga: Three Kingdoms | older | $29.99 | 255 71% | 7.7k | $229k (exactly $229,424) | Arc System Works |
 | Ed-0: Zombie Uprising | older | $29.99 | 211 72% | 6.3k | $190k (exactly $189,837) | LANCARSE |
 | Giants Uprising | · EA older | $19.99 | 194 56% | 5.8k | $116k (exactly $116,342) | VARSAV Game Studios |
 | Attack Heroes | older | $9.99 | 164 73% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Ejoy Games |
 | No Fair Play | older | $2.99 | 452 90% | 14k | $41k (exactly $40,544) | Self MADev |
 | River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next | $29.99 | 37 62% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | Arc System Works | |
 | Drunkn Bar Fight 2 VR | · EA | $12.99 | 64 50% | 1.9k | $25k (exactly $24,941) | Yooperlite |
 | Grind Rush | $15.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.3k (exactly $4,317) | AND GEAR | |
 | 1989 After the War | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | SEEP | |
 | Deer Hero | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Nyoro | |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Last Stronghold | $3.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | skR1me | |
 | Tiny Wrecks | · EA | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Kaivor Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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