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Should I ship a Shooter Fighting game?
Fighting + Shooter
Of 23 developers who shipped a Shooter Fighting game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 38 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is up 10% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $51k (exactly $51,266) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 133 |
| Announced | 38 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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, Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Retro, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 594 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fighting with a different second tag, 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
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014 · $42M 
Ghostrunner 2020 · $42M 
Stick Fight: The Game 2017 · $15M 
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™ 2009 · $3.4M 
Gigantic: Rampage Edition 2024 · $2.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 70,499 94% | 2.1M | $42M (exactly $42,278,250) | United Front Games, Feral Interactive (… (United Front Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
| | Ghostrunner | older | $29.99 | 46,818 91% | 1.4M | $42M (exactly $42,122,155) | One More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Iro… (One More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks™, All in! Games) |
| | Stick Fight: The Game | older | $4.99 | 99,952 93% | 3.0M | $15M (exactly $14,962,814) | Landfall West |
| | STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™ | older | $9.99 | 11,290 96% | 339k | $3.4M (exactly $3,383,613) | Raven Software |
| | Gigantic: Rampage Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,795 65% | 114k | $2.3M (exactly $2,275,862) | Abstraction Games |
 | HARDCORE MECHA | older | $19.99 | 2,331 83% | 70k | $1.4M (exactly $1,397,901) | RocketPunch Games |
 | War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields | older | $24.99 | 1,489 80% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,116,303) | raptor lab |
 | Redeemer: Enhanced Edition | older | $11.99 | 2,637 87% | 79k | $949k (exactly $948,529) | Sobaka Studio |
 | Havocado: Ragdoll Fighter | · EA older | $19.99 | 494 83% | 15k | $296k (exactly $296,252) | Webble Games |
 | Dude Simulator | older | $4.99 | 1,850 61% | 56k | $277k (exactly $276,945) | Kiddy |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Vincemus - Air Combat | $14.99 | 114 82% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $51,266) | Virtual Convict | |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | The Henchmen | $9.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Alex Von Bronx | |
 | Pulsar Crash | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Little Doctor Games | |
 | Off the Beaten Track | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Blackroot Studios | |
 | Shop Town Dooter | $8.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | Game Sandwich | |
 | Hitmen Havoc | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Andreas O., Marvin Pogoda, Maksim Rotma… (Andreas O., Marvin Pogoda, Maksim Rotmann, Richy D.) | |
 | Kosmo Skirmish | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Jérémy Entressangle | |
 | Robots with Guns | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Flash of Stars |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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