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Should I ship a Strategy Wrestling game?
Wrestling + Strategy
Only 9 developers shipped a Strategy 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, All Your Wrestling Pro Manager, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,790) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Wrestling, Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 35,071 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wrestling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + PhysicsDead
- + FightingDead
- + Local MultiplayerDead
Comparable games
60 Seconds! Reatomized 2019 · $5.5M 
60 Seconds! 2015 · $2.8M 
60 Parsecs! 2018 · $992k 
Driftland: The Magic Revival 2019 · $863k 
Pro Wrestling Sim 2021 · EA · $397k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 60 Seconds! Reatomized | older | $9.99 | 18,362 94% | 551k | $5.5M (exactly $5,503,091) | Robot Gentleman |
| | 60 Seconds! | older | $8.99 | 10,491 84% | 315k | $2.8M (exactly $2,829,423) | Robot Gentleman |
| | 60 Parsecs! | older | $9.99 | 3,310 90% | 99k | $992k (exactly $992,007) | Robot Gentleman |
| | Driftland: The Magic Revival | older | $19.99 | 1,439 73% | 43k | $863k (exactly $862,968) | Star Drifters |
| | Pro Wrestling Sim | · EA older | $19.99 | 662 97% | 20k | $397k (exactly $397,001) | Pro Wrestling Sim |
 | Wrestling Revolution 3D | older | $9.99 | 397 87% | 12k | $119k (exactly $118,981) | MDickie |
 | Checkmate Showdown | older | $19.99 | 192 80% | 5.8k | $115k (exactly $115,142) | BadRez Games |
 | Journey of Wrestling | older | $14.99 | 113 94% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | Clean Bean Studios |
 | MMA Team Manager | older | $29.99 | 56 33% | 1.7k | $50k (exactly $50,383) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Mark Out! The Wrestling Card Game | older | $14.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | DIY Experiences LLC |
 | All Your Wrestling Pro Manager | $19.99 | 33 81% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | All Your Games Studios | |
 | SBcatfight game | $12.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | DoNyan | |
 | A Ridiculous Waste of Time | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Ridiculous Games | |
 | A Camera Duel! | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | JamieEng542 | |
 | Squared Circle Tycoon | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Terminal Software | |
 | Slap Master | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Inkby.Sainz |
 | College Wrestling Manager 2026 | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Grimm Games Llc | |
 | Ancings: The First Tournament | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Willians Ccahuana Nieto | |
 | BeatTown | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kiwi Punch LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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