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Should I ship a Score Attack Fighting game?

Fighting + Score Attack

Only 13 developers shipped a Score Attack 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, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.

Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $8.8M, ×5928 the market median. Revenue is up 2000% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue up 2000% on the market, 11 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Fighting + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $1.2k → $7.0k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Fighting + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $7.0k (exactly $7,012)
Top 5% $8.9M (exactly $8,879,720)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 48
Announced 11
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $7.99

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 up 2000% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Fighting, Score Attack; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Fighter, Arcade
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Anime
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 54% positive over 5,808 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $600, 1 in 4 over $7.0k, 1 in 20 over $8.8M.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Fighting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SandboxStrong odds11 devs · median $76k · 8 announced
  2. + Open WorldPoor odds12 devs · median $117k · 26 announced
  3. + Dark FantasyPoor odds11 devs · median $56k · 23 announced
  4. + Souls-likePoor odds8 devs · median $24k · 20 announced
  5. + SwordplayPoor odds13 devs · median $13k · 33 announced
  6. + HistoricalPoor odds9 devs · median $13k · 16 announced
  7. + CyberpunkPoor odds5 devs · median $9.6k · 18 announced
  8. + Local Co-OpPoor odds41 devs · median $9.4k · 45 announced
  9. + Co-opPoor odds45 devs · median $9.0k · 64 announced
  10. + Hack and SlashPoor odds29 devs · median $8.7k · 60 announced
  11. + AdventurePoor odds44 devs · median $7.2k · 104 announced
  12. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds25 devs · median $7.2k · 40 announced

All 67 pairs on the Fighting page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls 2026 · $8.9M MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics 2024 · $3.0M Capcom Fighting Collection 2 2025 · $881k Fruit Ninja VR 2016 · $360k Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues 2021 · $250k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls $59.99 4,934 48% 148k $8.9M (exactly $8,879,720) ARC SYSTEM WORKS CO., LTD
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics older $49.99 1,976 93% 59k $3.0M (exactly $2,963,407) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 $39.99 734 85% 22k $881k (exactly $880,580) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Fruit Ninja VR older $14.99 801 80% 24k $360k (exactly $360,210) Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues older $19.99 417 84% 13k $250k (exactly $250,075) Flux Games
Shing! older $19.99 334 79% 10k $200k (exactly $200,300) Mass Creation
Pulling No Punches older $9.99 563 95% 17k $169k (exactly $168,731) BrainDead Broccoli
Buck Up And Drive! older $7.99 640 91% 19k $153k (exactly $153,408) Fábio Fontes
Double Dragon Trilogy older $5.99 816 57% 24k $147k (exactly $146,635) Dotemu
Rigid Force Alpha older $19.99 118 78% 3.5k $71k (exactly $70,765) com8com1 Software
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN $19.99 94 82% 2.8k $56k (exactly $56,372) Team Arcana, Kizawaya
DAWN ONE $8.99 26 76% 780 $7.0k (exactly $7,012) shaderbunny
Carnage Battle Arena $9.99 4 100% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) Boombit
Gemion Function · EA $7.99 4 100% 120 $959 (exactly $959) Nagooyen
PropFight $4.99 4 100% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Obani
Dalafri $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Y.Kageyama
Tong $3.99 3 100% 90 $359 (exactly $359) Miracle Tea
Fight Ascension $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Erivan.L

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.