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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Grid-Based Movement game?
4 Player Local + Grid-Based Movement
Only 9 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Grid-Based Movement 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, Beacon Patrol, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $779 (exactly $779) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $25,179) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local, Grid-Based Movement
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 311 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 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
Ganbare! Super Strikers 2018 · $25k 
Beacon Patrol 2025 · $25k 
SusDoku: Clues & Suspects 2026 · $5.5k 
Where are my Internets? 2016 · $5.0k 
Friday Night Bullet Arena 2016 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ganbare! Super Strikers | older | $9.99 | 85 85% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | rese |
| | Beacon Patrol | $11.99 | 70 97% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Shapes and Dreams, BrutalHack | |
| | SusDoku: Clues & Suspects | $4.99 | 37 35% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | MyNeuronal | |
| | Where are my Internets? | older | $2.99 | 56 76% | 1.7k | $5.0k (exactly $5,023) | Lokator Studio |
| | Friday Night Bullet Arena | older | $9.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Red Nexus Games Inc. |
 | Hex Gambit: Respawned | older | $14.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | One Man Left Studios |
 | Valley of No Roads | older | $7.99 | 12 33% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Lunar Activities |
 | Shell Shuffle | · EA older | $9.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Victorian Clambake |
 | Gerritory | older | $7.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Party Goose, Digital Crafter |
 | Siheyuan | older | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | We Are Muesli |
 | POGO Stadium | · EA | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Kyoto Entertainment Works Inc. |
 | Tanks: Total Destruction | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 2DevStudio | |
 | Dungeon Twist | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Magari Games | |
 | Tiny Pods Rescue - 2D Board Game Edition | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chris Cornu, Alex Cornu | |
 | Snake Party Extreme | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | yyrGames | |
 | Rulers of Cospaia | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZanzoDev |
 | DICEPTION | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexander Thurn |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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