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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Post-apocalyptic
Only 11 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, Lastbane, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 5% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 43% positive over 64 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 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
ZCREW 2022 · $70k 
Ultra Space Battle Brawl 2018 · $29k 
Final Days 2018 · $14k 
Dunk Lords 2020 · $13k 
Barely Racing 2023 · $5.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ZCREW | older | $6.99 | 333 51% | 10k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | Emotion Studio |
| | Ultra Space Battle Brawl | older | $9.99 | 96 81% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | Mojiken |
| | Final Days | older | $4.99 | 92 85% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,772) | +7 Software |
| | Dunk Lords | older | $9.99 | 42 80% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Story Fort LLC |
| | Barely Racing | older | $8.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | Fragile Software |
 | Lastbane | · EA | $3.99 | 39 25% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | Lionstone Studio |
 | Scatteria - Post-apocalyptic shooter | · EA older | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Piston Media |
 | Lone Wolf | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Play-Em | |
 | Hexapoda | older | $12.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | TOMAGameStudio |
 | Downslope | older | $4.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Mind's Eye Games |
 | Exanimate | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | CodeCabanaGames | |
 | Anarkade | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Pixelatom | |
 | Sucker head: Bodycam | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Black Apple | |
 | Highrisers Couch Co-Op | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Solar Powered Games |
 | L.O.S.T - Last Ones Standing Together | · EA | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | High Level Studio |
 | MonsterEnd | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | XiaoDongMa | |
 | Fortune Crafter | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | VIKTOR LUBIANSKII | |
 | Final Stand | $0.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Richat Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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