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Should I ship a Ninja Sports game?
Sports + Ninja
Only 10 developers shipped a Ninja Sports 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 Last Ninja Collection + Bonus Games, 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: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $14k, ×23 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $14,395) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 135% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 95% positive over 56 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Fruit Ninja VR 2016 · $360k 
Tricking 0 2022 · EA · $64k 
Pro Gymnast Simulator 2020 · $47k 
Berzerk Flashback 2021 · $44k 
ONI : Road to be the Mightiest Oni 2023 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fruit Ninja VR | older | $14.99 | 801 80% | 24k | $360k (exactly $360,210) | Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd |
| | Tricking 0 | · EA older | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Full-in Studios |
| | Pro Gymnast Simulator | older | $14.99 | 105 92% | 3.2k | $47k (exactly $47,218) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
| | Berzerk Flashback | older | $9.99 | 147 93% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $44,056) | Berzerk Studio |
| | ONI : Road to be the Mightiest Oni | older | $29.99 | 38 42% | 1.1k | $34k (exactly $34,189) | KENEI DESIGN, SHUEISHA GAMES |
 | Crazy Kung Fu | older | $14.99 | 71 87% | 2.1k | $32k (exactly $31,929) | Field Of Vision |
 | Viro Move | older | $24.99 | 23 43% | 690 | $17k (exactly $17,243) | FIT REALITY |
 | The Last Ninja Collection + Bonus Games | $29.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | System 3 Software | |
 | Timberman VR | older | $7.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) | GameFormatic S.A. |
 | Dragon Fury | older | $19.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Esenthel |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | SLOWLY FIGHTER | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Bakumatsu Games | |
 | TrainingTiles | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | HumanBionics, Jhohan Hernandez | |
 | Samurai Ace | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Zerodiv | |
 | Backflip Madness 2 | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Hubert Śliwka | |
 | Shuriken Practice 3 | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | myBad Studios | |
 | PRONG | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | bigfreakydaddy | |
 | C64 & AMIGA Classix Remakes Sixpack 4 | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | magnussoft | |
 | Ninja Vs Bomb | $3.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sprem |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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