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Should I ship a Tactical Fighting game?
Fighting + Tactical
Only 8 developers shipped a Tactical 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, Blades of Fire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×5.3 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 $4.2k against a market of $1.5k. 21 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 25% | $55k (exactly $54,845) |
| Top 5% | $627k (exactly $627,443) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 21 |
| 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 up 2245% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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, Tactical
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 26,991 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 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
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018 · $5.6M 
Animal Revolt Battle Simulator 2022 · $3.0M 
RUMBLE 2022 · EA · $2.4M 
War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields 2020 · $1.1M 
Blades of Fire 2026 · $627k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bad North: Jotunn Edition | older | $14.99 | 12,344 93% | 370k | $5.6M (exactly $5,551,097) | Plausible Concept, Oskar Stålberg |
| | Animal Revolt Battle Simulator | older | $14.99 | 6,571 95% | 197k | $3.0M (exactly $2,954,979) | VDimension |
| | RUMBLE | · EA older | $24.99 | 3,158 87% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,367,553) | Buckethead Entertainment |
| | War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields | older | $24.99 | 1,489 80% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,116,303) | raptor lab |
| | Blades of Fire | $39.99 | 523 74% | 16k | $627k (exactly $627,443) | MercurySteam | |
 | Punch A Bunch | older | $14.99 | 963 74% | 29k | $433k (exactly $433,061) | Pontypants |
 | Northend Tower Defense | older | $7.99 | 1,309 75% | 39k | $314k (exactly $313,767) | Northend Games |
 | Close Combat: Cross of Iron | older | $39.99 | 163 81% | 4.9k | $196k (exactly $195,551) | Strategy 3 Tactics |
 | Drone Swarm | older | $16.99 | 279 62% | 8.4k | $142k (exactly $142,206) | stillalive studios |
 | Checkmate Showdown | older | $19.99 | 192 80% | 5.8k | $115k (exactly $115,142) | BadRez Games |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Shadow Prisoner | · EA | $13.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $13k (exactly $13,430) | Kizawaya |
 | Turn Based Boxing: Tactics - Legends Edition | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | The Slanted Room | |
 | Sheva | $6.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Goldtusks | |
 | Lord Of Island | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | TungataGames | |
 | Stock Fighter | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | McTeddy Games | |
 | Whotfire | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TinCity Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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