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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Management game?
Management + 4 Player Local
Only 11 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Management 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, Better Mart Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $22k, ×35 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $550k, ×887 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 37 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
|---|---|
| Median | $22k (exactly $22,189) |
| Top 25% | $66k (exactly $66,106) |
| Top 5% | $557k (exactly $556,729) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 75% 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.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Management, 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,231 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
NBA 2K25 2024 · $65M 
PlateUp! 2022 · $11M 
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions 2020 · $9.1M 
Super Mega Baseball 3 2020 · $2.5M 
Tape to Tape 2023 · EA · $2.1M | 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 |
| | PlateUp! | older | $19.99 | 18,500 94% | 555k | $11M (exactly $11,094,450) | It's happening |
| | Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions | older | $59.99 | 5,072 73% | 152k | $9.1M (exactly $9,128,078) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION |
| | Super Mega Baseball 3 | older | $44.99 | 1,832 92% | 55k | $2.5M (exactly $2,472,650) | Metalhead Software Inc. |
| | Tape to Tape | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,464 92% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,077,361) | Excellent Rectangle |
 | Cook, Serve, Delicious! | older | $12.99 | 3,713 95% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,956) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
 | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 | older | $39.99 | 751 79% | 23k | $901k (exactly $900,975) | Winning Streak Games GmbH |
 | Better Mart Simulator | $14.99 | 1,238 89% | 37k | $557k (exactly $556,729) | Exanticx Studio | |
 | Vacation Cafe Simulator | $19.99 | 700 88% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Alice Games | |
 | Diner Bros | older | $9.99 | 817 90% | 25k | $245k (exactly $244,855) | JAYFLGAMES |
 | Diner Bros 2 | $14.99 | 147 87% | 4.4k | $66k (exactly $66,106) | JAYFLGAMES | |
 | Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 4 | $39.99 | 30 70% | 900 | $36k (exactly $35,991) | Glinda Games | |
 | Shoresy: Legends of the North | $19.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $34,183) | Treewood Games | |
 | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 | $19.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | Winning Streak Games GmbH | |
 | Market Empire Simulator | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Coffeeshake Games | |
 | Zoo Time | $14.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Purple Phobia | |
 | Kitty Can Cook | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | FoxBot Software | |
 | 8 Ball Pool: Play Together | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Red Suns Tech |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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