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Should I ship a Runner Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Runner
Only 12 developers shipped a Runner 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, CONERU -DIMENSION GIRL-, 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, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.1k against a market of $1.5k. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $157,721) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 80% 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
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Runner
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 364 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Mighty Goose 2021 · $566k 
Furry Killer 2022 · $217k 
Music Racer 2018 · $199k 
CONERU -DIMENSION GIRL- 2025 · $158k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mighty Goose | older | $19.99 | 943 86% | 28k | $566k (exactly $565,517) | Blastmode, MP2 Games |
| | Furry Killer | older | $29.99 | 241 78% | 7.2k | $217k (exactly $216,828) | Sujikon |
| | Music Racer | older | $1.99 | 3,332 87% | 100k | $199k (exactly $198,920) | AbstractArt |
| | CONERU -DIMENSION GIRL- | $19.99 | 263 96% | 7.9k | $158k (exactly $157,721) | HIKE Inc., Eallin Japan Co.Ltd. | |
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Agent Murphy | older | $4.99 | 47 72% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | xproject |
 | EvoWars: New Era | $8.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) | Night Steed Games | |
 | Carlos the Taco | older | $2.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) | VICTORIA Games |
 | NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | G.rev Ltd. | |
 | the Shadow of Swallow | $3.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Raine Studio | |
 | V.R.G. | $3.50 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.6k (exactly $1,575) | latel88 | |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | GHOST OF THE DICED STEAK | $2.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | rW Games | |
 | Hot Pig Jump! | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | DekkaRuby Games | |
 | Damn Zombies | $6.00 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Liubezhanin Productions | |
 | Forgotten spirit | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | BurningGRP |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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