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Should I ship a Medieval 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Medieval
Only 17 developers shipped a Medieval 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, Rogue Fist, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 41 more are announced, ×6.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $24k, ×52 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 41 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $5.6k (exactly $5,576) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $24,812) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 41 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Local Co-Op, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 190 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.8 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
Castle Crashers® 2012 · $49M 
No Heroes Here 2017 · $169k 
Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition 2023 · $116k 
Knight Squad 2015 · $87k 
Griefhelm 2020 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Castle Crashers® | older | $14.99 | 109,654 96% | 3.3M | $49M (exactly $49,311,404) | The Behemoth |
| | No Heroes Here | older | $14.99 | 375 88% | 11k | $169k (exactly $168,638) | Mad Mimic |
| | Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition | older | $19.99 | 193 80% | 5.8k | $116k (exactly $115,742) | Crackshell |
| | Knight Squad | older | $14.99 | 194 89% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $87,242) | Chainsawesome Games |
| | Griefhelm | older | $9.99 | 267 75% | 8.0k | $80k (exactly $80,020) | Johnny Dale Lonack |
 | Strikers Edge | older | $14.99 | 85 70% | 2.6k | $38k (exactly $38,224) | Fun Punch Games |
 | King 'n Knight | older | $11.99 | 99 85% | 3.0k | $36k (exactly $35,610) | Jérémy Entressangle |
 | Potion Party | older | $9.99 | 90 90% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | RPGames |
 | Rogue Fist | $8.99 | 92 89% | 2.8k | $25k (exactly $24,812) | Wetcoat Games | |
 | Hoplegs | older | $17.99 | 37 94% | 1.1k | $20k (exactly $19,969) | WhyKev |
 | Light Fingers | $19.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Numizmatic | |
 | Otherlights | · EA | $19.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Soleil Artificiel |
 | No Heroes Here 2 | $19.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Mad Mimic | |
 | Micro Mages Maker | $15.49 | 12 91% | 360 | $5.6k (exactly $5,576) | Morphcat Games, Novasplore Games | |
 | Brigands | $9.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Simon Rinfret, Azooloom | |
 | Boardquest: Tales of Liria | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Ramezware SL | |
 | KBF: Knight Bar Fight | $3.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | KBF Team | |
 | Agricola - The King's Farmer | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | kann zaubern | |
 | Halloween Candy Reclaim | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Sourcenity |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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