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Should I ship a Grid-Based Movement Sports game?
Sports + Grid-Based Movement
Only 8 developers shipped a Grid-Based Movement Sports 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, TORSO TENNIS, 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, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.3k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $897 (exactly $897) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 5% | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Grid-Based Movement
- 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 639 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Dungeon Deathball 2021 · $69k 
Ganbare! Super Strikers 2018 · $25k 
Magnytour 2023 · $9.9k 
TORSO TENNIS 2025 · $9.4k 
3D Hentai Chess 2020 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeon Deathball | older | $11.99 | 193 95% | 5.8k | $69k (exactly $69,422) | Matt Glanville |
| | Ganbare! Super Strikers | older | $9.99 | 85 85% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | rese |
| | Magnytour | older | $14.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Pandaroo Interactive |
| | TORSO TENNIS | $4.99 | 63 100% | 1.9k | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) | Michael Mato | |
| | 3D Hentai Chess | older | $1.99 | 81 50% | 2.4k | $4.8k (exactly $4,836) | Flying. Stone. Production |
 | Turn Based Boxing: Tactics - Legends Edition | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | The Slanted Room | |
 | Chef Survivor | older | $4.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | · |
 | THE 2048 | older | $0.99 | 94 88% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | Thick & Thin |
 | Samurai Chess | older | $1.99 | 31 77% | 930 | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) | Minimol Games |
 | 3D Hentai Checkers | older | $1.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $1.7k (exactly $1,731) | Flying. Stone. Production |
 | Damien Crawford's Golf Experience 2024 | $3.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | Cannibal Interactive | |
 | Baduk Challenge (Go Challenge) | $10.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | OH YU HWAN | |
 | GameSyndicates | $29.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $900 (exactly $900) | GameSyndicates | |
 | Baspetball | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Gray Boss | |
 | SFTP - Super Football Tactics Pro | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Sparkling Vinegar | |
 | PongBall | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | NerxStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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