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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Rhythm game?
4 Player Local + Rhythm
Only 10 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Rhythm 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, Lunars, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 800% on the market; 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 up 800% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- 4 Player Local, Rhythm
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 132 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + CatsFair
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + Football (Soccer)Poor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + TriviaPoor odds
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
Comparable games
Just Shapes & Beats 2018 · $14M 
Ragnarock 2021 · $2.1M 
AVICII Invector 2019 · $1.2M 
Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) 2019 · EA · $1.1M 
Spikair Volleyball 2023 · EA · $182k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Just Shapes & Beats | older | $19.99 | 24,041 97% | 721k | $14M (exactly $14,417,388) | Berzerk Studio |
| | Ragnarock | older | $24.99 | 2,775 94% | 83k | $2.1M (exactly $2,080,417) | WanadevStudio |
| | AVICII Invector | older | $19.99 | 2,058 97% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,234,183) | Hello There Games |
| | Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) | · EA older | $14.99 | 2,452 95% | 74k | $1.1M (exactly $1,102,664) | Vitamin Games |
| | Spikair Volleyball | · EA older | $19.99 | 303 93% | 9.1k | $182k (exactly $181,709) | Choc Abyss |
 | Invector: Rhythm Galaxy | older | $24.99 | 87 79% | 2.6k | $65k (exactly $65,224) | Hello There Games |
 | Baby Shark™: Sing & Swim Party | older | $39.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $19k (exactly $19,195) | Recotechnology S.L. |
 | HyperDot | older | $19.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | Tribe Games |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | Concerto on White: Cajon Story | $8.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $15,912) | C11 Games | |
 | Tomo Jam | · EA | $6.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Restless Games |
 | Trombone Rumble | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Biksari Studio | |
 | Sneaky All-Nighter | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | SAT-BOX | |
 | El Bandito VR | $8.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Plexos | |
 | Fling it! Shoe Kicking | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Swingin' Beats | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Dominik Farmer | |
 | Sneaky All-Nighter 2 | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SAT-BOX | |
 | MQ: Rise Above | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 99ADM |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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