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Should I ship a Simulation Wrestling game?
Wrestling + Simulation
Only 15 developers shipped a Simulation 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, WWE 2K25, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×7.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $7.3M, ×11773 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 22 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) |
| Top 25% | $29k (exactly $29,397) |
| Top 5% | $7.4M (exactly $7,393,168) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 30% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Wrestling
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Simulation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Wrestling, Simulation; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Character Customization, Sports, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 7,118 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 22 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Wrestling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + PhysicsDead
- + FightingDead
- + Local MultiplayerDead
Comparable games
WWE 2K25 2025 · $7.4M 
WWE 2K26 2026 · $4.9M 
Fire Pro Wrestling World 2017 · $2.8M 
Wrestling Empire 2021 · $1.8M 
Hard Time III 2024 · $418k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WWE 2K25 | $59.99 | 4,108 73% | 123k | $7.4M (exactly $7,393,168) | Visual Concepts | |
| | WWE 2K26 | $69.99 | 2,310 56% | 69k | $4.9M (exactly $4,850,307) | Visual Concepts | |
| | Fire Pro Wrestling World | older | $29.99 | 3,124 91% | 94k | $2.8M (exactly $2,810,663) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | Wrestling Empire | older | $19.99 | 3,036 94% | 91k | $1.8M (exactly $1,820,689) | MDickie |
| | Hard Time III | older | $14.99 | 929 85% | 28k | $418k (exactly $417,771) | MDickie |
 | Pro Wrestling Sim | · EA older | $19.99 | 662 97% | 20k | $397k (exactly $397,001) | Pro Wrestling Sim |
 | Old School | older | $14.99 | 442 83% | 13k | $199k (exactly $198,767) | MDickie |
 | Rancher: A new life | · EA | $19.99 | 265 64% | 8.0k | $159k (exactly $158,920) | Sim Farm S.A. |
 | RetroMania Wrestling | older | $19.99 | 243 80% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Retrosoft Studios |
 | Wrestling Revolution 3D | older | $9.99 | 397 87% | 12k | $119k (exactly $118,981) | MDickie |
 | Femboy Futa Mania 🌶️ | $14.99 | 174 71% | 5.2k | $78k (exactly $78,248) | Lewd Star | |
 | Pro Wrestler Story | $8.99 | 109 49% | 3.3k | $29k (exactly $29,397) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | All Your Wrestling Pro Manager | $19.99 | 33 81% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | All Your Games Studios | |
 | Uchi No Heya! | $9.99 | 39 100% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | James West | |
 | Believr Pro Wrestling | · EA | $14.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Believr Games |
 | Promo Wrestling World | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | DreamXscape Studios | |
 | Just Dismantle | $2.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $4.0k (exactly $4,037) | Hubert Szwed |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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