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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Martial Arts
Only 7 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Shoot 'Em Up 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, Stickman Physics Battle Arena, 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: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $356 (exactly $356) |
| Top 5% | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 28 |
| 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 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- 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
- Shoot 'Em Up
- 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,139 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 7 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
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FALCO AXE 2021 · $4.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Skybreakers | older | $8.99 | 629 75% | 19k | $170k (exactly $169,641) | Bingo Studio |
| | Journey to the West Survivor | older | $5.99 | 379 78% | 11k | $68k (exactly $68,106) | Buding Games |
| | Viro Move | older | $24.99 | 23 43% | 690 | $17k (exactly $17,243) | FIT REALITY |
| | Knife To Meet You | older | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Mate Magyar |
| | FALCO AXE | older | $4.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | FALCO Software |
 | Zeus Begins | older | $5.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | The Dude Games |
 | UNPLUGGED | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | omidjm |
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 | DIVINE PEARL™: Survivors | · EA older | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Power Up to Maximum |
 | Street Striker | older | $0.99 | 25 40% | 750 | $742 (exactly $742) | Boom Games |
 | Stickman Physics Battle Arena | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Kyle Hawks | |
 | 武侠幸存者 | $0.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | wuxiaxingcunzhe | |
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 | Kunoichi's Cadence | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | CodeBlues | |
 | Perk Up | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Sphereka | |
 | C64 & AMIGA Classix Remakes Sixpack 4 | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | magnussoft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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