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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Rhythm game?
Rhythm + Martial Arts
Only 9 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Rhythm 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, Dead as Disco, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $9.2M, ×14748 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 7 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 5% | $9.3M (exactly $9,261,794) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 700% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Rhythm
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $10.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 32,262 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Rhythm with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Dead as Disco 2026 · EA · $9.3M 
One Finger Death Punch 2014 · $1.9M 
One Finger Death Punch 2 2019 · $891k 
Waifu Fighter 2022 · $642k 
KickBeat Steam Edition 2014 · $107k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dead as Disco | · EA | $24.99 | 12,354 96% | 371k | $9.3M (exactly $9,261,794) | Brain Jar Games, Inc. |
| | One Finger Death Punch | older | $4.99 | 12,548 97% | 376k | $1.9M (exactly $1,878,436) | Silver Dollar Games |
| | One Finger Death Punch 2 | older | $7.99 | 3,717 96% | 112k | $891k (exactly $890,965) | Silver Dollar Games |
| | Waifu Fighter | older | $7.99 | 2,677 86% | 80k | $642k (exactly $641,677) | Happy Monster Studio |
| | KickBeat Steam Edition | older | $9.99 | 358 75% | 11k | $107k (exactly $107,293) | Zen Studios |
 | Karateka | older | $3.99 | 203 77% | 6.1k | $24k (exactly $24,299) | Liquid Entertainment |
 | Slash or Die | older | $4.99 | 150 84% | 4.5k | $22k (exactly $22,455) | ClickGames |
 | Boot Camp Fitness | older | $10.99 | 66 96% | 2.0k | $22k (exactly $21,760) | Kevin Baker |
 | End of Edge | older | $3.99 | 166 77% | 5.0k | $20k (exactly $19,870) | LightSpeed Studios |
 | Viro Move | older | $24.99 | 23 43% | 690 | $17k (exactly $17,243) | FIT REALITY |
 | Disco Samurai | $9.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Pixel Fiber Games | |
 | Deukdo Beat | $6.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Deukdo Games | |
 | カンフービート | $3.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | ブルーオニキス | |
 | TAOLU | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | The Game Forger | |
 | HAJIKI: Samurai Reflex Action | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | 電脳鈴木組 | |
 | 我的刀盾 | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | 庇护所游戏公社 | |
 | Beats Of Un'sonia | · EA | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Stone Prods |
 | ASURA BEAT | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NUJABESCODE |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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