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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Survival game?
Survival + Martial Arts
Only 19 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Survival 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 Matchless Kungfu, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $420, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $4.0M, ×6451 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 17 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,891) |
| Top 5% | $4.1M (exactly $4,050,973) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 up 105% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Survival
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium 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
- Survival; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Character Customization, RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 10,434 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Survival with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Social DeductionFair
- + Word GameFair
- + CatsFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + DogsFair
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
- + SteampunkPoor odds
Comparable games
Amazing Cultivation Simulator 2020 · $14M 
下一站江湖Ⅱ 2024 · $6.4M 
The Matchless Kungfu 2024 · $4.1M 
天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia) 2023 · $2.4M 
Eastern Era 2026 · $2.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Amazing Cultivation Simulator | older | $24.99 | 19,111 85% | 573k | $14M (exactly $14,327,517) | GSQ Games |
| | 下一站江湖Ⅱ | older | $24.99 | 8,507 72% | 255k | $6.4M (exactly $6,377,698) | 白玉京工作室 |
| | The Matchless Kungfu | $19.99 | 6,755 79% | 203k | $4.1M (exactly $4,050,973) | HuanMos Game | |
| | 天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia) | older | $24.99 | 3,151 85% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,362,305) | 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 |
| | Eastern Era | $24.99 | 3,028 65% | 91k | $2.3M (exactly $2,270,092) | FunYoo Games | |
 | 武侠乂 The Swordsmen X | older | $24.99 | 2,415 46% | 72k | $1.8M (exactly $1,810,526) | 上海杜昂网络科技有限公司 |
 | 我来自江湖 From Jianghu | · EA older | $9.99 | 2,227 81% | 67k | $667k (exactly $667,432) | Gamexel 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 |
 | XiuzhenWorld | older | $12.99 | 436 75% | 13k | $170k (exactly $169,909) | Noforgetit |
 | Skybreakers | older | $8.99 | 629 75% | 19k | $170k (exactly $169,641) | Bingo Studio |
 | Stack to Ascension | $12.99 | 331 54% | 9.9k | $129k (exactly $128,991) | Stack to Ascension | |
 | Murim Survival | $7.99 | 264 75% | 7.9k | $63k (exactly $63,281) | Sunwood Games | |
 | FIGHTING GIRL YURI | $29.99 | 31 54% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | UMAI NEKO | |
 | Redneck Brawl Turbo | $12.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Kolossus Games | |
 | Samurai's Odyssey | · EA | $7.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | CODEUM GAMES, 11Gen |
 | Against Tribulation | $2.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | wooviet | |
 | Royale Battle | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ebc studios | |
 | SCP : A Star Replicator | · EA | $6.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Studio Serpent |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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