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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Action RPG?
Action RPG + 4 Player Local
Only 18 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Action RPG 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, Tales of Graces f Remastered, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×3.0 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $920k, ×619 the market median. Revenue is up 2405% on the market; 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 25% | $62k (exactly $61,932) |
| Top 5% | $927k (exactly $927,368) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 2405% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, 4 Player Local; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Co-op, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 3,163 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
Barony 2015 · $7.6M 
Magicka 2011 · $5.7M 
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016 · $5.5M 
Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition 2014 · $4.0M 
Chronicon 2020 · $3.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
| | Magicka | older | $9.99 | 19,174 84% | 575k | $5.7M (exactly $5,746,448) | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| | Lost Castle / 失落城堡 | older | $9.99 | 18,417 87% | 553k | $5.5M (exactly $5,519,575) | Hunter Studio |
| | Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition | older | $19.99 | 6,690 81% | 201k | $4.0M (exactly $4,011,993) | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| | Chronicon | older | $13.99 | 8,822 94% | 265k | $3.7M (exactly $3,702,593) | Subworld |
 | Nine Parchments | older | $19.99 | 4,123 77% | 124k | $2.5M (exactly $2,472,563) | Frozenbyte |
 | Full Metal Furies | older | $19.99 | 2,108 91% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,264,168) | Cellar Door Games |
 | Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition | older | $14.99 | 2,633 93% | 79k | $1.2M (exactly $1,184,060) | Drinkbox Studios |
 | Tales of Graces f Remastered | $39.99 | 773 87% | 23k | $927k (exactly $927,368) | TOSE CO., LTD. | |
 | Dungeons of Sundaria | older | $9.99 | 3,061 74% | 92k | $917k (exactly $917,382) | Industry Games |
 | HexBreaker Ⅱ | $19.99 | 1,049 64% | 31k | $629k (exactly $629,085) | 灵煦工作室 | |
 | Scott Pilgrim EX | $28.99 | 471 85% | 14k | $410k (exactly $409,629) | Tribute Games Inc. | |
 | DuneCrawl | $19.99 | 568 74% | 17k | $341k (exactly $340,630) | Alientrap | |
 | Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga | $34.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $62k (exactly $61,932) | Nihon Falcom | |
 | Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny | $49.99 | 39 92% | 1.2k | $58k (exactly $58,488) | Petit Fabrik, Fair Play Labs | |
 | Wendigo Blue | · EA | $9.99 | 146 90% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $43,756) | EndlessFluff |
 | Otherlights | · EA | $19.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Soleil Artificiel |
 | Brigands | $9.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Simon Rinfret, Azooloom | |
 | Carrot Survivors | $4.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Carrot Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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