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4 Player Local + Choices Matter
Only 9 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Choices Matter 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, Fallacy Quiz, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $39k, ×83 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) |
| Top 5% | $40k (exactly $39,574) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 92% positive over 178 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different second tag, 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
Tape to Tape 2023 · EA · $2.1M 
Wrestling Empire 2021 · $1.8M 
THE GAME OF LIFE 2 2020 · $1.4M 
The Yawhg 2014 · $339k 
Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code) 2019 · $225k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tape to Tape | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,464 92% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,077,361) | Excellent Rectangle |
| | Wrestling Empire | older | $19.99 | 3,036 94% | 91k | $1.8M (exactly $1,820,689) | MDickie |
| | THE GAME OF LIFE 2 | older | $12.49 | 3,702 78% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,387,139) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | The Yawhg | older | $9.99 | 1,131 84% | 34k | $339k (exactly $338,961) | Damian Sommer, Emily Carroll |
| | Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code) | older | $14.99 | 500 88% | 15k | $225k (exactly $224,850) | Smart Tale Games |
 | Fallacy Quiz | $14.99 | 88 88% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Tim Krief | |
 | Awkward | older | $11.99 | 90 72% | 2.7k | $32k (exactly $32,373) | Snap Finger Click |
 | Super Slam Dunk Touchdown | older | $15.00 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,450) | Tipping Goat LLC |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | Trivia Night | older | $4.99 | 64 62% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Timberwolf Studios |
 | It’s Quiz Time: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2026 Edition | $29.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | Snap Finger Click | |
 | Dino-Ducks Dash | $2.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | Duckosaurus Games | |
 | Casual Sport Series: Boxing | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Revulo Games | |
 | Royal Dice Bingo | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Ark Factory | |
 | Jack's, 2's & 8's | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | What To Do!? Games | |
 | Wrestling Trivia | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | LoadUpGames.com | |
 | Cat Packs - Bushido Blade | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Flood City Games | |
 | Capital Cities Trivia | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LoadUpGames.com |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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