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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Precision Platformer?
4 Player Local + Precision Platformer
Only 16 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Precision Platformer 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, This Is No Cave, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×5.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $26k, ×56 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,690) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,632) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Precision Platformer
- 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, Precision Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $23.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Family Friendly, Cartoony, Minimalist
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $23.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 397 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different second tag, 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
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M 
N++ (NPLUSPLUS) 2016 · $1.3M 
Bloody Trapland 2013 · $416k 
Dustforce DX 2012 · $364k 
Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity 2019 · $247k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
| | N++ (NPLUSPLUS) | older | $14.99 | 2,825 95% | 85k | $1.3M (exactly $1,270,402) | Metanet Software Inc. |
| | Bloody Trapland | older | $4.99 | 2,777 83% | 83k | $416k (exactly $415,717) | 2Play |
| | Dustforce DX | older | $9.99 | 1,214 93% | 36k | $364k (exactly $363,836) | Hitbox Team |
| | Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity | older | $9.99 | 824 83% | 25k | $247k (exactly $246,953) | 2Play, Prasius |
 | 1001 Spikes | older | $14.99 | 493 87% | 15k | $222k (exactly $221,702) | Nicalis, Inc. |
 | Flat Heroes | older | $9.99 | 231 94% | 6.9k | $69k (exactly $69,231) | Parallel Circles |
 | City Climber | older | $4.99 | 367 76% | 11k | $55k (exactly $54,940) | Ondrej Angelovic |
 | Jack Axe | older | $14.99 | 75 65% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $33,728) | Keybol Games |
 | Ultimate Godspeed | older | $12.99 | 75 89% | 2.3k | $29k (exactly $29,228) | Ninoko |
 | This Is No Cave | $6.99 | 127 96% | 3.8k | $27k (exactly $26,632) | monome.studio | |
 | Let's Cook Together 2 | $23.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $27k (exactly $26,629) | Yellow Dot | |
 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Warm Monkey | $9.00 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,690) | Evprod | |
 | Galactic Thunderdome | $9.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Pansimula | |
 | Basureroes: Invasion | $11.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.0k (exactly $5,036) | Javs Game Studios | |
 | Hamster Ballers | $3.99 | 30 73% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | SCH Games, Weird Dog Games | |
 | Dino-Ducks Dash | $2.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | Duckosaurus Games | |
 | G-Switch 4: Creator | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Serius Games | |
 | KBF: Knight Bar Fight | $3.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | KBF Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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