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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Wrestling game?
Wrestling + Martial Arts
Only 15 developers shipped a Martial-Arts Wrestling 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, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×1812 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,090) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,258) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,137,631) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Wrestling
- 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
- Wrestling; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Dating Sim, Fighting
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Comic Book
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,471 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wrestling with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + PhysicsDead
- + FightingDead
- + Local MultiplayerDead
Comparable games
Wrestling Empire 2021 · $1.8M 
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage 2025 · $1.1M 
Final Vendetta 2022 · $286k 
Infinite Lives 2025 · $98k 
Something To Write About: Unbroken: Book One 2025 · $84k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wrestling Empire | older | $19.99 | 3,036 94% | 91k | $1.8M (exactly $1,820,689) | MDickie |
| | Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage | $19.99 | 1,897 71% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,137,631) | RGG Studio | |
| | Final Vendetta | older | $24.99 | 381 81% | 11k | $286k (exactly $285,636) | Bitmap Bureau |
| | Infinite Lives | $14.99 | 217 76% | 6.5k | $98k (exactly $97,585) | MDickie | |
| | Something To Write About: Unbroken: Book One | $13.99 | 201 90% | 6.0k | $84k (exactly $84,360) | SeanchaiStudios | |
 | Pro Wrestling X | · EA older | $9.99 | 256 44% | 7.7k | $77k (exactly $76,723) | Wrestling Gamers United |
 | UPPERS | older | $14.99 | 155 78% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $69,704) | Bullets |
 | MMA Team Manager | older | $29.99 | 56 33% | 1.7k | $50k (exactly $50,383) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Treachery in Beatdown City | older | $19.99 | 72 76% | 2.2k | $43k (exactly $43,178) | NuChallenger, HurakanWorks |
 | Sumotori Dreams Classic | older | $4.99 | 269 96% | 8.1k | $40k (exactly $40,269) | Peter Soltesz |
 | UnderGirl: Submission Path | $7.99 | 72 73% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,258) | KadoDev | |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | Going Over | $14.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Delinquent Productions | |
 | SLOWLY FIGHTER | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Bakumatsu Games | |
 | Brainrot Animals Fighting | $1.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,090) | River Way Studios | |
 | FINAL FURY | · EA | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Kluge Interactive |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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