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4 Player Local + Card Game
Only 19 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Card 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, Culdcept The First, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×6.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $85k, ×180 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 30 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,211) |
| Top 5% | $85k (exactly $85,472) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 95% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local, Card Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Board Game, Local Multiplayer, PvP
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 404 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SimulationFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + CatsFair
- + RhythmFair
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + Football (Soccer)Poor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + TriviaPoor odds
- + MinigamesPoor odds
Comparable games
Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition 2018 · $1.6M 
THE GAME OF LIFE 2 2020 · $1.4M 
Evolution Board Game 2019 · $156k 
Mystic Vale 2019 · $150k 
Charterstone: Digital Edition 2020 · $141k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition | older | $16.99 | 3,096 88% | 93k | $1.6M (exactly $1,578,031) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | THE GAME OF LIFE 2 | older | $12.49 | 3,702 78% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,387,139) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
| | Mystic Vale | older | $12.99 | 384 89% | 12k | $150k (exactly $149,645) | Nomad Games |
| | Charterstone: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 235 76% | 7.1k | $141k (exactly $140,930) | Acram Digital |
 | Concordia: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 167 83% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | Acram Digital |
 | MACHI KORO With Everyone | older | $24.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Grounding Inc. |
 | Culdcept The First | $29.99 | 95 74% | 2.9k | $85k (exactly $85,472) | CITY CONNECTION | |
 | Concrete Jungle | older | $6.99 | 323 89% | 9.7k | $68k (exactly $67,733) | ColePowered Games |
 | Let's Play! Oink Games | older | $24.99 | 66 78% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | Oink Games Inc. |
 | Nature Game System | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | North Star Digital Games | |
 | Keep the Heroes Out | $19.99 | 35 60% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | Brueh Games, YarnCat Games | |
 | Gnaughty Gnomes | $7.99 | 71 100% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $17,019) | SandCastles Studio | |
 | Fortune Avenue | · EA | $6.99 | 63 84% | 1.9k | $13k (exactly $13,211) | Binogure Studio 🐺 |
 | Forest of Deceit | $9.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Ghost Camp | |
 | Light Fingers | $19.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Numizmatic | |
 | Yesterday's News | $11.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rooibos Games | |
 | Deck of Treads | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DuckByte Games | |
 | Roll & Win CASINO PARTY | $11.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | SAT-BOX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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