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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + 4 Player Local
Only 15 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Real Time Tactics 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, Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 23 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 5% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 65% on the market, supply 100% more developers than 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.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, 4 Player Local; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Co-Op, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cartoony, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 9 games average 98% positive over 76 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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