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Should I ship a Mech Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Mechs
Only 9 developers shipped a Mech Spectacle fighter 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, Metal Bringer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $20k against a market of $1.5k. 24 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
|---|---|
| Median | $20k (exactly $20,126) |
| Top 25% | $38k (exactly $37,775) |
| Top 5% | $665k (exactly $665,067) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Mechs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter
- Price point
- $10.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 78,211 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014 · $62M 
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance 2024 · $4.1M 
MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED 2024 · $1.0M 
Astebreed: Definitive Edition 2014 · $763k 
Metal Bringer 2025 · $665k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE | older | $29.99 | 69,104 96% | 2.1M | $62M (exactly $62,172,869) | PlatinumGames |
| | Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance | older | $39.99 | 3,395 82% | 102k | $4.1M (exactly $4,072,982) | Slitherine Ltd. |
| | MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED | older | $49.99 | 688 78% | 21k | $1.0M (exactly $1,031,794) | LEVEL5 Inc. |
| | Astebreed: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,272 87% | 38k | $763k (exactly $762,818) | Edelweiss |
| | Metal Bringer | $19.99 | 1,109 87% | 33k | $665k (exactly $665,067) | ALPHAWING Inc. | |
 | Mighty Goose | older | $19.99 | 943 86% | 28k | $566k (exactly $565,517) | Blastmode, MP2 Games |
 | Project MIKHAIL: A Muv-Luv War Story | older | $19.99 | 706 54% | 21k | $423k (exactly $423,388) | aNCHOR Inc., fuzz, Inc. |
 | Iron Saga VS | $29.99 | 376 79% | 11k | $338k (exactly $338,287) | Gameduchy | |
 | Slave Zero X | older | $24.99 | 438 75% | 13k | $328k (exactly $328,369) | Poppy Works |
 | Soul Saber 2 | older | $9.99 | 180 59% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $53,946) | Yamadaya |
 | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
 | DriveCrazy | $10.99 | 73 94% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,068) | TubezGames | |
 | AI-deal-Rays [General Edition] | $5.99 | 112 58% | 3.4k | $20k (exactly $20,126) | Riez-ON | |
 | Jenny the Witch | $7.99 | 69 88% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Catbird Soft | |
 | NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | G.rev Ltd. | |
 | Virus Hunter | $1.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Matsusoft | |
 | Code Ragnarok | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 吴健002 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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