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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + 4 Player Local
Only 11 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Immersive Sim 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, Floorball League 2010, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×1.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.5k. Revenue is up 2300% on the market; 15 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,609) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,973) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 2300% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 295 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
NBA 2K25 2024 · $65M 
Barony 2015 · $7.6M 
Super Mega Baseball 3 2020 · $2.5M 
Wrestling Empire 2021 · $1.8M 
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker 2016 · $489k | 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 |
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
| | Super Mega Baseball 3 | older | $44.99 | 1,832 92% | 55k | $2.5M (exactly $2,472,650) | Metalhead Software Inc. |
| | Wrestling Empire | older | $19.99 | 3,036 94% | 91k | $1.8M (exactly $1,820,689) | MDickie |
| | Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker | older | $18.99 | 858 90% | 26k | $489k (exactly $488,803) | Bulldog Interactive |
 | College Bowl | older | $24.99 | 263 84% | 7.9k | $197k (exactly $197,171) | Super Pixel Games |
 | Barro Racing | older | $4.99 | 1,250 83% | 38k | $187k (exactly $187,125) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro 22 | older | $4.99 | 868 89% | 26k | $130k (exactly $129,940) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro GT | older | $4.99 | 817 84% | 25k | $122k (exactly $122,305) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro F22 | older | $4.99 | 621 84% | 19k | $93k (exactly $92,964) | SC Jogos |
 | Floorball League 2010 | $9.99 | 90 90% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | Prodigium Game Studios | |
 | True Disc Golf | $24.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $24k (exactly $23,990) | Sportsmanlike Games | |
 | おしゃべりキング！コミュ力診断ゲーム | $8.99 | 69 97% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,609) | Hyper Index, Inc. | |
 | Bowlers : The bowling experience | $15.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) | Solid9Games | |
 | Summer Delicious Simulator | $3.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $4.2k (exactly $4,190) | BitRaiders Games | |
 | Casual Sport Series: Tennis | $5.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Revulo Games | |
 | Market Empire Simulator | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Coffeeshake Games | |
 | Casual Sport Series: Badminton | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Revulo Games | |
 | Just Eat Sushi! | $3.00 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | Aurora Colored Bird | |
 | Casual Sport Series: Hockey | $5.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Revulo Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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