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Should I ship a Martial-Arts FPS?
FPS + Martial Arts
Only 13 developers shipped a Martial-Arts FPS 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, Killer Bean, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is flat on the market; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,350) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,311) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Boomer Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, 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 80% positive over 3,570 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
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- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
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- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + DogsLong shot
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
Comparable games
Killer Bean 2026 · EA · $1.0M 
Gym Simulator 24 2024 · $986k 
Hellsweeper VR 2023 · $311k 
Brush Burial: Gutter World 2025 · $251k 
风流公子romantic young man 2024 · $105k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Killer Bean | · EA | $14.99 | 2,272 73% | 68k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) | Killer Bean Studios LLC |
| | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
| | Hellsweeper VR | older | $19.99 | 519 85% | 16k | $311k (exactly $311,244) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd |
| | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
| | 风流公子romantic young man | older | $4.99 | 704 92% | 21k | $105k (exactly $105,389) | Ronin SoftWork |
 | Fight School Simulator | $9.99 | 227 88% | 6.8k | $68k (exactly $68,032) | Queen | |
 | romantic player | older | $2.99 | 424 73% | 13k | $38k (exactly $38,033) | Ronin SoftWork |
 | Finnish Cabin Mayhem - Mökkimähinä | $4.99 | 129 94% | 3.9k | $19k (exactly $19,311) | Sophisticated keppana enjoyers | |
 | FLASH OF THE BLADE X | older | $2.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $6.6k (exactly $6,638) | DOSMan Games |
 | Sky Sanctuary | older | $2.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $3.1k (exactly $3,050) | Glitchr Studio |
 | The Jiang Shi 2 ：Curse of Soul | $0.99 | 78 94% | 2.3k | $2.3k (exactly $2,317) | 谭浩翔 | |
 | 虚衝 - Kyosho | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | むつむつプロジェクト（Mutsu'pro） | |
 | Impact to the Head | $2.50 | 18 83% | 540 | $1.4k (exactly $1,350) | W0nnaFight | |
 | Royale Battle | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ebc studios | |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge | |
 | Shuriken Practice 3 | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | myBad Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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