Should I ship a Superhero PvP game?
PvP + Superhero
Only 11 developers shipped a Superhero PvP 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, Invincible VS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $49,480) |
| Top 5% | $4.5M (exactly $4,545,591) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 39%, 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
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 74% positive over 3,914 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Injustice™ 2 2017 · $26M 
Invincible VS 2026 · $4.5M 
DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS 2022 · $4.5M 
MY HERO ACADEMIA: All’s Justice 2026 · $1.4M 
STARVAULT VR 2026 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Injustice™ 2 | older | $49.99 | 17,445 86% | 523k | $26M (exactly $26,162,266) | NetherRealm Studios, QLOC |
| | Invincible VS | $49.99 | 3,031 76% | 91k | $4.5M (exactly $4,545,591) | Quarter Up | |
| | DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS | older | $29.99 | 4,983 50% | 149k | $4.5M (exactly $4,483,205) | Dimps Corporation |
| | MY HERO ACADEMIA: All’s Justice | $59.99 | 765 63% | 23k | $1.4M (exactly $1,376,770) | Byking Inc. | |
| | STARVAULT VR | $24.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | Theia Games | |
 | Come on Baby! | older | $14.99 | 69 78% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | Expotato Corp. |
 | Drawing From Memory | older | $2.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $19k (exactly $19,286) | Lekker spelen, Kud |
 | FAS: Fight Action Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 69 63% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Vona Soft |
 | QUADRICOLOR: Ultra Sentai Color Ranger | $12.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $10,522) | Quadri Team | |
 | HyperBrawl Tournament | older | $5.99 | 54 83% | 1.6k | $9.7k (exactly $9,704) | Milky Tea Studios |
 | Bullet: Surge | $15.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Cerbere Games | |
 | SUPER MARKET | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Spectacularly Obsolete Logic Operations… (Spectacularly Obsolete Logic Operations: Glitchy Applications Marvelously Executed Shoddily) | |
 | FULL BET - FIGHTING CASINO - | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | FlatMountain | |
 | Hero Mania | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Cosmic Tonic LLC | |
 | Skully Bunnies | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Chick Meow Studios |
 | Slap Fighter | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Curious Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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