[Jotaku]

Anime PvP Game Ranking on Steam


Looks like working pvp genres are:

1. 1v1 + Something
2. Battle Royale + Something
3. MMO with High quality PvP Content (Perhaps? as only MapleStory confirms this theory but no others)
4. A fusion of at least 3 subgenres  (Perhaps? as only Omega Strikers confirms this theory but no others)
5. Waifu Gacha PvP (Perhaps? as only CounterSide confirms this theory but no others)

* Not shown in this chart, but there is also another successful "1v1+RPG" anime game called Pokemon Scarlet / Violet.

My Viewpoint:
Looks like "1v1+something" is doing slightly better than "Battle Royale+something" in anime PvP gaming area, I think that is becuz massively multiplayer Online PvP games are currently dominated by western games such as Fortnite, League of Legends, Volorants, etc, which means most non-weeb people (I mean just normal people who are not anime-otaku) will always pick out such games to play instead of "Anime BR" or "Anime TDM" games at 90% chance.

Additionally, Japanese developers seem to have the Samurai Spirit that makes them good at creating fairly high-quality 1v1 fighting games that people can play without considering about whether it's anime art or not. And also western games are not that much focusing on 1v1 genre except Mortal Kombat thing. So 1v1 is currently best working and open niche market in the anime pvp game industry, otherwise one has to compete Fortnite, League of Legends, Volorants, etc so, which is very hard.

Well, 1v1-supported anime RTS is currently on its development named "The Touhou Empires", a bit resembling Age of Empires instead of StarCraft. And 1v1 FPS genre would also be working if it follows 90s most popular 1v1-focused fps game called "Quake 3 Arena". There are many 1v1 tournament videos of Quake 3 Arena on Youtube, like the one below. Personally I don't see any better 1v1 mechanic than Quake 3 Arena when it comes to 1v1 FPS genre. If you know, please inform us. 

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