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Should I ship a Physics Wrestling game?
Wrestling + Physics
Only 5 developers shipped a Physics 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, Just Dismantle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.1k against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $4.0k (exactly $4,037) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Wrestling, Physics
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,440 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 13 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wrestling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + FightingDead
- + Local MultiplayerDead
Comparable games
A Gummy's Life 2018 · $116k 
Pro Wrestling X 2014 · EA · $77k 
Let's take a bath with Purin 2 2024 · $72k 
Employee of The Month 2022 · $52k 
Sumotori Dreams Classic 2021 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A Gummy's Life | older | $19.99 | 194 81% | 5.8k | $116k (exactly $116,342) | EP Games® |
| | Pro Wrestling X | · EA older | $9.99 | 256 44% | 7.7k | $77k (exactly $76,723) | Wrestling Gamers United |
| | Let's take a bath with Purin 2 | older | $17.99 | 133 83% | 4.0k | $72k (exactly $71,780) | Parabolica Games |
| | Employee of The Month | older | $9.99 | 172 95% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,548) | Projeckt Skeleton |
| | Sumotori Dreams Classic | older | $4.99 | 269 96% | 8.1k | $40k (exactly $40,269) | Peter Soltesz |
 | Fighting Robots | older | $2.99 | 228 54% | 6.8k | $20k (exactly $20,452) | HFM Games |
 | Cricket Through the Ages | older | $7.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,779) | Free Lives |
 | Push Me Pull You | older | $14.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | House House |
 | Input Chaos | older | $3.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | anthund |
 | Just Dismantle | $2.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $4.0k (exactly $4,037) | Hubert Szwed | |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | Spectacular Team: Assemble | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Sengi Games | |
 | Dadlympics | · EA | $3.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Gooby Games |
 | Corporate Beatdown | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Vindoozle |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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