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Should I ship a Superhero Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Superhero
Only 8 developers shipped a Superhero 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, Lost Soul Aside™, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×2.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $2.3M, ×1570 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $43k (exactly $42,733) |
| Top 5% | $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $59.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 2,282 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + 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
Lost Soul Aside™ 2025 · $2.4M 
The Wonderful 101: Remastered 2020 · $677k 
Dusk Diver 2 2022 · $112k 
Taiwan Coolfox 2025 · $43k 
Kijutsu Rider 2026 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lost Soul Aside™ | $59.99 | 1,307 59% | 39k | $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208) | Ultizero Games | |
| | The Wonderful 101: Remastered | older | $39.99 | 564 84% | 17k | $677k (exactly $676,631) | PlatinumGames Inc. |
| | Dusk Diver 2 | older | $49.99 | 75 88% | 2.3k | $112k (exactly $112,478) | Wanin International |
| | Taiwan Coolfox | $24.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $43k (exactly $42,733) | TSAI,JIE-TING 蔡杰廷, TSAI,KAI-SHIUN 蔡凱勛 | |
| | Kijutsu Rider | $9.99 | 95 56% | 2.9k | $28k (exactly $28,472) | OmegaMechAnimations | |
 | The Siege of Brimir | · EA older | $11.99 | 49 71% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Anden Studios |
 | FAS: Fight Action Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 69 63% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Vona Soft |
 | Carlos the Taco | older | $2.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) | VICTORIA Games |
 | Spectacular Team: Assemble | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Sengi Games | |
 | Last Eclipse | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Animas Games | |
 | SuperEats | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | PoisonGames | |
 | Slap Fighter | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Curious Games | |
 | Enlil: Rise Of the End | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HAPPYTECH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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