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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Class-Based game?
Class-Based + 4 Player Local
Only 9 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Class-Based 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, MAGE: Mega Awesome Gregarious Encounters, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $1.5k. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $693 (exactly $693) |
| Top 5% | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 35% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.70.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 13,259 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Chronicon 2020 · $3.7M 
Dokapon Kingdom: Connect 2023 · $1.2M 
Dungeons of Sundaria 2023 · $917k 
Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane 2019 · $222k 
Seals of the Bygone 2020 · EA · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chronicon | older | $13.99 | 8,822 94% | 265k | $3.7M (exactly $3,702,593) | Subworld |
| | Dokapon Kingdom: Connect | older | $49.99 | 801 86% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,201,260) | Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Sting |
| | Dungeons of Sundaria | older | $9.99 | 3,061 74% | 92k | $917k (exactly $917,382) | Industry Games |
| | Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane | older | $19.99 | 370 88% | 11k | $222k (exactly $221,889) | Studio Evil |
| | Seals of the Bygone | · EA older | $12.99 | 68 83% | 2.0k | $27k (exactly $26,500) | rologfos |
 | MAGE: Mega Awesome Gregarious Encounters | $9.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | FunRug Studio | |
 | There Will Be Ink | older | $6.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) | Summit Fever |
 | Apocalich | older | $4.99 | 39 64% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Sokpop Collective |
 | Grand Class Melee 2 | older | $4.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Ogopogoid Entertainment |
 | Shred The Undead | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Citizens' Loft Interactive LLC | |
 | Cook Saga | · EA | $7.70 | 3 66% | 90 | $693 (exactly $693) | Nasus Solution |
 | お名前バトル | $5.00 | 4 75% | 120 | $600 (exactly $600) | 株式会社スタジオトリガー | |
 | League of Foes | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Sam Brown Studios | |
 | L.O.S.T - Last Ones Standing Together | · EA | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | High Level Studio |
 | Mini Dungeon | · EA | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Metuzals Games |
 | Cat Packs - Bushido Blade | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Flood City Games | |
 | Night Invasion | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Night Invasion Division |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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