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Should I ship a Nature 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Nature
Only 13 developers shipped a Nature 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, Nature Game System, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0, under ×0.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $29k (exactly $29,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Nature
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Local Multiplayer, Sports, PvP
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 8 games average 82% positive over 99 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 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
Bunhouse 2021 · $237k 
Super Video Golf 2023 · $102k 
Lumberhill 2021 · $70k 
Bunny Hill 2020 · $39k 
Hole io 2024 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bunhouse | older | $19.99 | 395 92% | 12k | $237k (exactly $236,881) | Reky Studios |
| | Super Video Golf | older | $9.99 | 342 96% | 10k | $102k (exactly $102,497) | Trederia |
| | Lumberhill | older | $14.99 | 156 77% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | 2BIGo, ARP Games |
| | Bunny Hill | older | $7.99 | 161 95% | 4.8k | $39k (exactly $38,592) | DogmaQuest, Brendan Roarty |
| | Hole io | older | $4.99 | 217 59% | 6.5k | $32k (exactly $32,485) | VOODOO |
 | Buissons | older | $8.99 | 114 96% | 3.4k | $31k (exactly $30,746) | Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini |
 | Nature Game System | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | North Star Digital Games | |
 | True Disc Golf | $24.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $24k (exactly $23,990) | Sportsmanlike Games | |
 | Wild Honesty: A party game for deeper conversations | older | $19.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | That's Not A Game LLC |
 | Skiing VR | older | $13.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $13k (exactly $13,011) | DGMA |
 | Daily Driven Racer | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | A-Grand HT | |
 | Reel it! Ocean Fishing | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Reel it! Fishing | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Rattus Velocitas | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Hedgehog Arts | |
 | Our Exciting Summer Camp | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Tip | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Charles Barnes | |
 | Voodoo Strikers | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cokoon Games Lab | |
 | Auxin | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Aloe Arcade |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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