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Should I ship a Zombie Spectacle fighter?

Spectacle fighter + Zombies

Only 10 developers shipped a Zombie 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, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $660 against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 95% on the market, 14 announced, ×3.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Spectacle fighter + Zombies
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 10
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $9.8k → $16k → $270 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Spectacle fighter + Zombies: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $657 (exactly $657)
Top 25% $16k (exactly $16,484)
Top 5% $4.5M (exactly $4,455,609)
Developers, 2 yr 10
Released games 52
Announced 14
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $9.00

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 35% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Zombies
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Spectacle fighter
Price point
$9.00 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 81% positive over 3,260 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $660, 1 in 4 over $16k, 1 in 20 over $4.4M.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Spectacle fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Score AttackFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  2. + HorrorFair14 devs · median $3.7k · 16 announced
  3. + LootPoor odds9 devs · median $65k · 11 announced
  4. + Character Action GamePoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  5. + Survival HorrorPoor odds8 devs · median $52k · 12 announced
  6. + HistoricalPoor odds16 devs · median $33k · 17 announced
  7. + Sci-fiPoor odds48 devs · median $17k · 82 announced
  8. + RobotsPoor odds15 devs · median $16k · 35 announced
  9. + MythologyPoor odds16 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds45 devs · median $7.2k · 86 announced
  11. + FightingPoor odds25 devs · median $7.2k · 40 announced
  12. + Hack and SlashPoor odds77 devs · median $6.7k · 142 announced

All 99 pairs on the Spectacle fighter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster 2024 · $4.5M LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP 2024 · $3.6M Onee Chanbara ORIGIN 2020 · $2.2M Onechanbara Z2: Chaos 2016 · $1.1M YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z 2014 · $816k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster $49.99 2,971 80% 89k $4.5M (exactly $4,455,609) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP older $44.99 2,657 88% 80k $3.6M (exactly $3,586,153) DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Onee Chanbara ORIGIN older $59.99 1,217 75% 37k $2.2M (exactly $2,190,235) Tamsoft
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos older $39.99 907 79% 27k $1.1M (exactly $1,088,128) Tamsoft
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z older $29.99 907 64% 27k $816k (exactly $816,028) Spark Unlimited, comcept Inc., Team NIN… (Spark Unlimited, comcept Inc., Team NINJA)
Ed-0: Zombie Uprising older $29.99 211 72% 6.3k $190k (exactly $189,837) LANCARSE
Blood And Zombies older $14.99 293 58% 8.8k $132k (exactly $131,762) Wild Monkey
Goonya Monster older $19.99 185 76% 5.6k $111k (exactly $110,944) MUTAN
Blood Rush · EA $14.49 161 98% 4.8k $70k (exactly $69,987) MaxEstLa
Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version) older $3.99 261 52% 7.8k $31k (exactly $31,242) Andy Law
Phoenix's Faye $9.99 55 76% 1.7k $16k (exactly $16,484) BigFireball
UBERSLAUGHTER $9.99 54 87% 1.6k $16k (exactly $16,184) BillyBobCletus
Virus Hunter $1.99 11 81% 330 $657 (exactly $657) Matsusoft
Devastablance. Mountain Brotherhood $3.00 3 100% 90 $270 (exactly $270) Shvap Games Studio
Vampirates $2.99 3 100% 90 $269 (exactly $269) Abonneer
Soldiers vs Zombies: Tower Defense · EA $5.99 1 0% 30 $180 (exactly $180) Hard Shark Games
Black Powder Box · EA $3.49 1 100% 30 $105 (exactly $105) Hollow Frame Games
Ice and Fire Unparalleled $9.00 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) XHL office

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.