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Should I ship a Horror Fighting game?
Fighting + Horror
Only 4 developers shipped a Horror Fighting game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: 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.. 9 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.3k against a market of $1.5k. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $987 (exactly $987) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) |
| Top 25% | $101k (exactly $100,750) |
| Top 5% | $51M (exactly $51,285,241) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Fighting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 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 89% positive over 360,601 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $990. 9 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fighting with a different setting or mood, 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
Mortal Kombat 11 2019 · $131M 
Batman™: Arkham Knight 2015 · $67M 
Mortal Kombat 1 2023 · $51M 
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 2010 · $37M 
Mortal Kombat X 2015 · $24M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mortal Kombat 11 | older | $49.99 | 87,021 88% | 2.6M | $131M (exactly $130,505,394) | NetherRealm Studios, QLOC, Shiver |
| | Batman™: Arkham Knight | older | $19.99 | 111,190 92% | 3.3M | $67M (exactly $66,680,643) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Mortal Kombat 1 | older | $49.99 | 34,197 74% | 1.0M | $51M (exactly $51,285,241) | NetherRealm Studios, QLOC |
| | Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition | older | $19.99 | 62,057 96% | 1.9M | $37M (exactly $37,215,583) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Mortal Kombat X | older | $19.99 | 39,392 88% | 1.2M | $24M (exactly $23,623,382) | NetherRealm Studios, QLOC |
 | Thymesia | older | $24.99 | 8,262 82% | 248k | $6.2M (exactly $6,194,021) | OverBorder Studio |
 | Curse of the Dead Gods | older | $19.99 | 7,807 84% | 234k | $4.7M (exactly $4,681,858) | Passtech Games |
 | GORN | older | $19.99 | 7,449 94% | 223k | $4.5M (exactly $4,467,165) | Free Lives |
 | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood | older | $29.99 | 1,463 69% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,316,261) | Cyanide Studio |
 | The Shore | older | $11.99 | 1,763 70% | 53k | $634k (exactly $634,151) | Ares Dragonis |
 | Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends | $19.99 | 168 72% | 5.0k | $101k (exactly $100,750) | Huracan Studio | |
 | Beasts of Mystery | · EA | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Mutraex |
 | KNOCKOFF | $2.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | PLUSHCATBOY | |
 | Appalachian Onslaught | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Subtus Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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