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Should I ship an AI 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Artificial Intelligence
Only 11 developers shipped an AI 4 Player Local 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, Zort, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.9k, ×14 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×2965 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,609) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,408,560) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than 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.
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 13,724 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + CatsFair
- + RhythmFair
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + Football (Soccer)Poor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + TriviaPoor odds
- + MinigamesPoor odds
Comparable games
Zort 2024 · EA · $1.4M 
Little Fighter 2 Remastered 2025 · $843k 
Tennis World Tour 2 2020 · $242k 
Death Squared 2017 · $212k 
Unspottable 2020 · $208k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zort | · EA | $4.00 | 11,738 90% | 352k | $1.4M (exactly $1,408,560) | Londer Software |
| | Little Fighter 2 Remastered | $15.88 | 1,770 76% | 53k | $843k (exactly $843,228) | Little Fighter Co Pty Ltd, Marti Wong | |
| | Tennis World Tour 2 | older | $39.99 | 202 49% | 6.1k | $242k (exactly $242,339) | Big Ant Studios |
| | Death Squared | older | $14.99 | 471 90% | 14k | $212k (exactly $211,809) | SMG Studio |
| | Unspottable | older | $9.99 | 694 89% | 21k | $208k (exactly $207,992) | GrosChevaux |
 | World Empire 2027 | older | $19.99 | 80 77% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | iGindisGames |
 | Tsuro - The Game of The Path | older | $9.99 | 134 91% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $40,160) | Thunderbox Entertainment |
 | おしゃべりキング！コミュ力診断ゲーム | $8.99 | 69 97% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,609) | Hyper Index, Inc. | |
 | Warm Monkey | $9.00 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,690) | Evprod | |
 | SUPERVERSE | $9.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Superverse Industries | |
 | ChanceBall | $4.99 | 46 100% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | Second Tempo Games | |
 | Fighties 2 | $11.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Pillow Pig Games | |
 | LuPR: Lunar Post Recruit | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Epic Tech Labs LLC | |
 | L.O.S.T - Last Ones Standing Together | · EA | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | High Level Studio |
 | Minidinos | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Gordan Glavaš |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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