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Should I ship a Robot Fighting game?
Fighting + Robots
Only 8 developers shipped a Robot 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, Clone Drone in the Hyperdome, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $35k against a market of $1.5k. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) |
|---|---|
| Median | $35k (exactly $35,030) |
| Top 25% | $338k (exactly $338,287) |
| Top 5% | $628k (exactly $628,486) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- $11.99 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 45,414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.2k. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 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
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone 2021 · $22M 
Animal Revolt Battle Simulator 2022 · $3.0M 
Clone Drone in the Hyperdome 2024 · $628k 
Iron Saga VS 2025 · $338k 
Megabyte Punch 2013 · $184k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Clone Drone in the Danger Zone | older | $19.99 | 36,084 96% | 1.1M | $22M (exactly $21,639,575) | Doborog Games |
| | Animal Revolt Battle Simulator | older | $14.99 | 6,571 95% | 197k | $3.0M (exactly $2,954,979) | VDimension |
| | Clone Drone in the Hyperdome | $19.99 | 1,048 91% | 31k | $628k (exactly $628,486) | Doborog Games | |
| | Iron Saga VS | $29.99 | 376 79% | 11k | $338k (exactly $338,287) | Gameduchy | |
| | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
 | Override 2: Super Mech League | older | $29.99 | 118 60% | 3.5k | $106k (exactly $106,165) | Maximum Entertainment |
 | Garrison: Archangel | older | $14.99 | 208 82% | 6.2k | $94k (exactly $93,538) | Indigo Entertainment |
 | Fallback | older | $9.99 | 299 87% | 9.0k | $90k (exactly $89,610) | Endroad |
 | Rigid Force Alpha | older | $19.99 | 118 78% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | com8com1 Software |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | RAGER | $19.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Insane Prey | |
 | Fighties 2 | $11.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Pillow Pig Games | |
 | Robots with Guns | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Flash of Stars | |
 | DAMex : DArk Matter Exodus | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Benoit Locu |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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