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Should I ship a Magic Sports game?
Sports + Magic
Only 11 developers shipped a Magic 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, The Amazing Crackpots Club!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $18k, ×29 the market median. Revenue is up 100% on the market; 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $540 (exactly $540) |
| Top 25% | $5.9k (exactly $5,920) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 89% positive over 130 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions 2024 · $2.5M 
RUMBLE 2022 · EA · $2.4M 
Wand Wars 2016 · $66k 
Mosaics Galore 2018 · $50k 
FAIRY TAIL: Beach Volleyball Havoc 2024 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions | older | $29.99 | 2,790 73% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,510,163) | Unbroken Studios |
| | RUMBLE | · EA older | $24.99 | 3,158 87% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,367,553) | Buckethead Entertainment |
| | Wand Wars | older | $11.99 | 183 96% | 5.5k | $66k (exactly $65,825) | Moonradish Inc. |
| | Mosaics Galore | older | $14.99 | 111 75% | 3.3k | $50k (exactly $49,917) | Creobit |
| | FAIRY TAIL: Beach Volleyball Havoc | older | $6.99 | 145 92% | 4.4k | $30k (exactly $30,406) | tiny cactus studio, MASUDATARO, veryOK |
 | The Unicorn Princess | older | $19.99 | 50 64% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Caipirinha Games |
 | RPGolf Legends | older | $29.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $22k (exactly $22,492) | ArticNet |
 | The Amazing Crackpots Club! | $14.99 | 41 95% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Astrobard Games, IguanaBee | |
 | Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing | older | $29.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $18k (exactly $17,994) | UNIVRS, Inc. |
 | Bibi & Tina - New adventures with horses | older | $17.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $10k (exactly $10,254) | Korion Interactive |
 | WATTGAMES | · EA | $24.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $9.7k (exactly $9,746) | TripleScience Software |
 | Wizard Pool | $2.99 | 66 84% | 2.0k | $5.9k (exactly $5,920) | Grouch, SuitNtie, Negative Karma | |
 | Disc Dungeon | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Fire Titan Games | |
 | Surfing Legends | $8.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | TALOF Games | |
 | Cosmic Star Lounge | $17.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $540 (exactly $540) | Bax Digital GmbH | |
 | KOLOSS | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Breakpoint One, Simmation |
 | Stream Olympique | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YannUE5 | |
 | Flip Crystal League | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Judox Studio | |
 | Quantum Lotto Machine | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Quantum Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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