Should I ship a Boxing game?
Boxing
Of 96 developers who shipped a Boxing game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 124 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×173 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 124 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $108,864) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 96 |
| Released games | 322 |
| Announced | 124 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Boxing
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boxing
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 62% positive over 20,769 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 54 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 124 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
All pairs with Boxing
- Immersive Sim + Boxing Strong odds $2.7k
- Boxing + Simulation Fair $1.6k
- Boxing + Strategy Poor odds $4.5k
- Fighting + Boxing Poor odds $4.2k
- 2D Fighter + Boxing Poor odds $1.4k
- Boxing + Martial Arts Poor odds $1.4k
- Boxing + Adventure Poor odds $1.3k
- Sports + Boxing Poor odds $898
- Action + Boxing Poor odds $719
- Boxing + Combat Poor odds $719
- PvP + Boxing Poor odds $718
- Boxing + Physics Poor odds $718
- 3D Fighter + Boxing Poor odds $599
- Boxing + Beat 'em up Poor odds $299
- Character Customization + Boxing Poor odds $240
- Boxing + Arcade Poor odds $148
- RPG + Boxing Dead $2.1k
- Boxing + Local Multiplayer Dead $1.6k
- Action-Adventure + Boxing Dead $359
- Boxing + Rhythm Dead $300
- Boxing + Sci-fi Dead $300
- Boxing + Futuristic Dead $300
- PvE + Boxing Dead $150
- Spectacle fighter + Boxing Dead $148
- 3D Platformer + Boxing Dead $120
Comparable games
Undisputed 2024 · $29M 
Punch Club 2016 · $3.6M 
Creed: Rise to Glory™ 2018 · $1.5M 
BOXVR 2019 · $1.4M 
The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing 2019 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Undisputed | $49.99 | 19,190 60% | 576k | $29M (exactly $28,779,243) | Steel City Interactive | |
| | Punch Club | older | $9.99 | 12,098 81% | 363k | $3.6M (exactly $3,625,771) | Lazy Bear Games |
| | Creed: Rise to Glory™ | older | $29.99 | 1,694 73% | 51k | $1.5M (exactly $1,524,092) | Survios |
| | BOXVR | older | $29.99 | 1,512 79% | 45k | $1.4M (exactly $1,360,346) | FitXR |
| | The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing | older | $9.99 | 3,973 95% | 119k | $1.2M (exactly $1,190,708) | Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd |
 | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
 | Kao the Kangaroo | older | $29.99 | 871 74% | 26k | $784k (exactly $783,639) | Tate Multimedia |
 | Waifu Fighter | older | $7.99 | 2,677 86% | 80k | $642k (exactly $641,677) | Happy Monster Studio |
 | Punch A Bunch | older | $14.99 | 963 74% | 29k | $433k (exactly $433,061) | Pontypants |
 | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
 | MMA Life Simulator | $16.99 | 435 80% | 13k | $222k (exactly $221,719) | BNS7 | |
 | Spirit X Strike | · EA | $12.99 | 406 82% | 12k | $158k (exactly $158,218) | MAICHA STUDIO |
 | Baki Hanma: Blood Arena | $29.99 | 138 76% | 4.1k | $124k (exactly $124,159) | Purple Tree S R L | |
 | LES MILLS XR BODYCOMBAT | $29.99 | 121 85% | 3.6k | $109k (exactly $108,864) | Odders Lab | |
 | Voltage High Society | $19.99 | 144 92% | 4.3k | $86k (exactly $86,357) | Platonic Partnership | |
 | Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 136 96% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Pound for Pound Games |
 | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
 | Morningstar: Book of the Fallen | $14.99 | 67 94% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Droid Productions | |
 | Beat the Beats VR | $19.99 | 48 97% | 1.4k | $29k (exactly $28,786) | Parallel Circles |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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