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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Online Co-Op game?
Online Co-Op + Martial Arts
Only 9 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Online Co-Op 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, LIZARDS MUST DIE 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×6.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $1.5k. 27 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $62k (exactly $61,609) |
| Top 5% | $669k (exactly $668,930) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 down 95% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op
- 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 50,876 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
嗜血印 Bloody Spell 2022 · $26M 
Absolver 2017 · $10M 
LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 2025 · $669k 
The Swordsmen X: Survival 2023 · $501k 
9 Monkeys of Shaolin 2020 · $435k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 嗜血印 Bloody Spell | older | $24.99 | 34,184 89% | 1.0M | $26M (exactly $25,627,745) | 艺龙游戏 |
| | Absolver | older | $29.99 | 11,464 74% | 344k | $10M (exactly $10,314,161) | Sloclap |
| | LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 | $9.99 | 2,232 94% | 67k | $669k (exactly $668,930) | the Bratans, Smola Game Studio | |
| | The Swordsmen X: Survival | older | $34.99 | 477 27% | 14k | $501k (exactly $500,707) | 上海润梦网络科技有限公司 |
| | 9 Monkeys of Shaolin | older | $19.99 | 726 84% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Sobaka Studio |
 | Hellsweeper VR | older | $19.99 | 519 85% | 16k | $311k (exactly $311,244) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd |
 | Double Dragon Trilogy | older | $5.99 | 816 57% | 24k | $147k (exactly $146,635) | Dotemu |
 | G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra | $24.99 | 121 56% | 3.6k | $91k (exactly $90,714) | indie.io | |
 | Mad Streets | older | $14.99 | 200 85% | 6.0k | $90k (exactly $89,940) | Craftshop Arts Inc. |
 | Elements Divided | $14.99 | 137 86% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $61,609) | Loco Motion Devs | |
 | 2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces | · EA | $12.99 | 115 84% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Ground Shatter |
 | 猎人修仙传 Hunter Immortal | $7.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | blues | |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | Guardians Of Gaia | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Handmade Games | |
 | A Camera Duel! | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | JamieEng542 | |
 | ASURA BEAT | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NUJABESCODE |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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