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Should I ship a Building 4 Player Local game?
Building + 4 Player Local
Only 14 developers shipped a Building 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, BeaterCore, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×4.1 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 $120; 1 in 20 cleared $96k, ×154 the market median. Revenue is up 1630% on the market; 37 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) |
| Top 5% | $97k (exactly $96,503) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 1630% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building, 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 575 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
- + SailingPoor odds
Comparable games
PlateUp! 2022 · $11M 
Tricky Towers 2016 · $5.6M 
Zeepkist 2021 · EA · $933k 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 2024 · $901k 
Murder Miners 2014 · $356k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PlateUp! | older | $19.99 | 18,500 94% | 555k | $11M (exactly $11,094,450) | It's happening |
| | Tricky Towers | older | $14.99 | 12,390 90% | 372k | $5.6M (exactly $5,571,783) | WeirdBeard |
| | Zeepkist | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,555 97% | 47k | $933k (exactly $932,533) | Steelpan Interactive |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 | older | $39.99 | 751 79% | 23k | $901k (exactly $900,975) | Winning Streak Games GmbH |
| | Murder Miners | older | $2.99 | 3,965 87% | 119k | $356k (exactly $355,660) | JForce Games |
 | Bunhouse | older | $19.99 | 395 92% | 12k | $237k (exactly $236,881) | Reky Studios |
 | Wee Tanks! | older | $9.99 | 548 90% | 16k | $164k (exactly $164,236) | Studio Kit |
 | Bone's Cafe | older | $14.99 | 340 96% | 10k | $153k (exactly $152,898) | Acute Owl Studio |
 | Concordia: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 167 83% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | Acram Digital |
 | BeaterCore | $9.99 | 322 82% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | Artem Arbatsky | |
 | HOT WHEELS™ Infinite Rush | $49.99 | 55 65% | 1.7k | $82k (exactly $82,484) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
 | Slip & Skid | $12.99 | 141 97% | 4.2k | $55k (exactly $54,948) | NHOGS Interactive | |
 | Crafty Racer | · EA | $14.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Peterclark |
 | Reaktor | $6.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | Reaktor Games | |
 | Speed Rivals - Slot Racing | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | BabelGames | |
 | Mistress Of The Tower | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Pipot Studio | |
 | Clash of Builders | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | DriftWhale Studio | |
 | Fantasy Car : Car Design Simulator 造车模拟器 | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Z's Quest Studio | |
 | The Fallen Kingdoms | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Bugra Ozden |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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