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Should I ship a Turn-Based Combat Fighting game?
Fighting + Turn-Based Combat
Only 8 developers shipped a Turn-Based Combat 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, Rune Coliseum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×1.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $960; 1 in 20 cleared $500k, ×337 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $959 (exactly $959) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $505k (exactly $504,754) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Fighting, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 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 81% positive over 3,694 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $960. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 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
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion 2018 · $708k 
Rune Coliseum 2024 · EA · $505k 
Fight of Gods 2019 · $343k 
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux 2017 · $165k 
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 2023 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion | older | $24.99 | 944 91% | 28k | $708k (exactly $707,717) | Climax Studios |
| | Rune Coliseum | · EA | $18.99 | 886 79% | 27k | $505k (exactly $504,754) | Rafale Software |
| | Fight of Gods | older | $14.99 | 762 83% | 23k | $343k (exactly $342,671) | Digital Crafter |
| | Swords and Sandals 2 Redux | older | $9.99 | 552 78% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,434) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
| | Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 | older | $19.99 | 97 55% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $58,171) | Agate |
 | Swords and Sandals 5 Redux: Maximus Edition | older | $6.99 | 205 60% | 6.2k | $43k (exactly $42,988) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | Legend of Hand | older | $7.99 | 92 91% | 2.8k | $22k (exactly $22,052) | Cloak and Dagger Games |
 | FAS: Fight Action Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 69 63% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Vona Soft |
 | Mega Knockdown | · EA older | $9.99 | 37 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | dhamster, Alan McMillian |
 | Swords and Sandals Medieval | older | $6.99 | 50 76% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,485) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Jfsimgames | |
 | Turn Based Boxing: Tactics - Legends Edition | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | The Slanted Room | |
 | Nightmarena | $5.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Colo Coko | |
 | Sheva | $6.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Goldtusks | |
 | Hybrid Beasts | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Beastbits | |
 | Soccer in a Box | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | WaveBox Labs | |
 | Type Fighters | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Sharkbowl Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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