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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Dark Fantasy
Only 9 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy 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, INTO EVIL, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $47k, ×76 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) |
| Top 5% | $48k (exactly $47,668) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 10% 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
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $8.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 675 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different setting or mood, 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
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens 2024 · $95k 
INTO EVIL 2025 · EA · $48k 
Bloody Zombies 2017 · $36k 
Bounty Battle 2020 · $23k 
Forest of Deceit 2026 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens | older | $9.99 | 318 80% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,305) | Chris McFarland |
| | INTO EVIL | · EA | $14.99 | 106 92% | 3.2k | $48k (exactly $47,668) | Mind's Eye Games |
| | Bloody Zombies | older | $14.99 | 81 58% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $36,426) | Paw Print Games Ltd. |
| | Bounty Battle | older | $19.99 | 39 20% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dark Screen Games |
| | Forest of Deceit | $9.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Ghost Camp | |
 | Otherlights | · EA | $19.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Soleil Artificiel |
 | Arcade Sundown | older | $8.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $8.4k (exactly $8,361) | The Fully Arcade |
 | Jrago II Guardians of Eden | older | $14.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Jrago Studios |
 | Skulltide | $12.99 | 18 66% | 540 | $7.0k (exactly $7,015) | The Planar Danse | |
 | Crypt Crawler | $7.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Wild Domain | |
 | Toy Scrappers | $4.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | LoudScream | |
 | DoomBreaker | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | wildlogicgames |
 | Ultimate Mythic Ski Jumping League | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Eric Behme, Oliver Müller | |
 | Slime Tales | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BK202 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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