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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Minigames game?
4 Player Local + Minigames
Only 12 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Minigames 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, LEGO® Party!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.2k, ×15 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2809 the market median. Revenue is up 265% on the market; 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,143) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 265% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local, Minigames
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,373 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ManagementPoor odds
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- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + TriviaPoor odds
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
Comparable games
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
Party Panic 2017 · $1.5M 
GigaBash 2022 · $1.5M 
LEGO® Party! 2025 · $1.3M 
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! 2024 · $203k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | Party Panic | older | $16.99 | 2,886 76% | 87k | $1.5M (exactly $1,470,994) | Everglow Interactive Inc. |
| | GigaBash | older | $24.99 | 1,951 94% | 59k | $1.5M (exactly $1,462,665) | Passion Republic Games |
| | LEGO® Party! | $39.99 | 1,112 87% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) | SMG Studio | |
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! | older | $59.99 | 113 85% | 3.4k | $203k (exactly $203,366) | CyberConnect2 |
 | Takelings House Party | · EA older | $19.99 | 305 79% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | DimnHouse |
 | Marooners | older | $9.99 | 293 61% | 8.8k | $88k (exactly $87,812) | M2H |
 | Judofuri | $14.99 | 80 100% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | pataya | |
 | Dino Party | $11.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $20k (exactly $20,143) | Studio Nachtwerk | |
 | Arcade Party | · EA older | $14.99 | 36 80% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | OddOneGames |
 | Roombattle | $7.49 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $13k (exactly $12,808) | Dust Games | |
 | Educational Family Games | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | Crazysoft Limited | |
 | Grizzy and the Lemmings - Crazy Party | $39.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | Balio Studio | |
 | Which Way Up: Galaxy Games | $14.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Turtle Flip Studio | |
 | Potato Arena | $9.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Erik Games | |
 | 100 in 1 Game Collection | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Digital Bards | |
 | Esophaguys | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Esophaguys Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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