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Character Customization + 4 Player Local
Of 70 developers who shipped a Character Customization 4 Player Local game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 165 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $57k, ×91 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 165 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) |
| Top 5% | $57k (exactly $57,288) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 70 |
| Released games | 232 |
| Announced | 165 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 15% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, 4 Player Local; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Local Co-Op, Local Multiplayer, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,498 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 49 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 165 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
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Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions 2020 · $9.1M 
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Sackboy™: A Big Adventure 2022 · $5.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | NBA 2K25 | older | $69.99 | 30,969 60% | 929k | $65M (exactly $65,025,609) | Visual Concepts |
| | Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | $69.99 | 11,479 93% | 344k | $24M (exactly $24,102,456) | Sonic Team | |
| | Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions | older | $59.99 | 5,072 73% | 152k | $9.1M (exactly $9,128,078) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION |
| | Amazing Frog? | · EA older | $19.99 | 11,169 94% | 335k | $6.7M (exactly $6,698,049) | Fayju |
| | Sackboy™: A Big Adventure | older | $59.99 | 2,822 83% | 85k | $5.1M (exactly $5,078,753) | Sumo Digital |
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 | Knock'Em Out | $7.99 | 239 85% | 7.2k | $57k (exactly $57,288) | BBear Studio | |
 | Slip & Skid | $12.99 | 141 97% | 4.2k | $55k (exactly $54,948) | NHOGS Interactive | |
 | Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 4 | $39.99 | 30 70% | 900 | $36k (exactly $35,991) | Glinda Games | |
 | Snow Bros. Wonderland | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Tatsujin, Bitwave Games, Toaplan | |
 | Shoresy: Legends of the North | $19.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $34,183) | Treewood Games | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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