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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Psychological Horror
Only 8 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, Zort, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×17 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.7k against a market of $480. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,063) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,408,560) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 85% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Psychological Horror
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 24,966 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×17 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
Mother Russia Bleeds 2016 · $2.0M 
Zort 2024 · EA · $1.4M 
Mount Your Friends 2014 · $768k 
Sign of Silence 2020 · $268k 
Pawperty Damage 2023 · $122k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mother Russia Bleeds | older | $14.99 | 4,354 87% | 131k | $2.0M (exactly $1,957,994) | Le Cartel Studio |
| | Zort | · EA | $4.00 | 11,738 90% | 352k | $1.4M (exactly $1,408,560) | Londer Software |
| | Mount Your Friends | older | $4.99 | 5,130 95% | 154k | $768k (exactly $767,961) | Stegersaurus Software Inc. |
| | Sign of Silence | older | $4.99 | 1,787 52% | 54k | $268k (exactly $267,514) | Renderise |
| | Pawperty Damage | older | $8.99 | 454 92% | 14k | $122k (exactly $122,444) | Dare Looks |
 | Don't Shout Together | older | $4.99 | 470 30% | 14k | $70k (exactly $70,359) | SinisterGames |
 | City Climber | older | $4.99 | 367 76% | 11k | $55k (exactly $54,940) | Ondrej Angelovic |
 | KunKun dream Startles the Soul | older | $2.99 | 427 79% | 13k | $38k (exactly $38,302) | AIKUN |
 | Tetraminos | older | $9.99 | 126 75% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $37,762) | Sanuk Games |
 | Vertiginous Golf | older | $9.99 | 113 62% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,866) | Kinelco & Lone Elk Creative |
 | Horror Royale | $5.99 | 56 66% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,063) | Ben Wade | |
 | Lastbane | · EA | $3.99 | 39 25% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | Lionstone Studio |
 | Toy Scrappers | $4.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | LoudScream | |
 | Sucker head: Bodycam | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Black Apple | |
 | MonsterEnd | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | XiaoDongMa | |
 | Breaking the Grip | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Imaginary Conception | |
 | THE IMPOSTOR | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Black Flag Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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