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Should I ship a Robot 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + Robots
Only 12 developers shipped a Robot 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, PizzaPanic, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $2.6k, ×4.3 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) |
| Top 5% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 75 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Robots
- 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
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 86% positive over 45 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015 · $795k 
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball 2015 · $677k 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k 
SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 2023 · $223k 
Death Squared 2017 · $212k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Assault Android Cactus+ | older | $19.99 | 1,325 94% | 40k | $795k (exactly $794,602) | Witch Beam |
| | Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball | older | $9.99 | 2,258 91% | 68k | $677k (exactly $676,723) | Erik Asmussen |
| | A Robot Named Fight! | older | $12.99 | 796 88% | 24k | $310k (exactly $310,201) | Morningstar Game Studio |
| | SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 | older | $49.99 | 149 53% | 4.5k | $223k (exactly $223,455) | KONAMI |
| | Death Squared | older | $14.99 | 471 90% | 14k | $212k (exactly $211,809) | SMG Studio |
 | Unspottable | older | $9.99 | 694 89% | 21k | $208k (exactly $207,992) | GrosChevaux |
 | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
 | Cobalt | older | $14.99 | 341 92% | 10k | $153k (exactly $153,348) | Oxeye Game Studio |
 | Garrison: Archangel | older | $14.99 | 208 82% | 6.2k | $94k (exactly $93,538) | Indigo Entertainment |
 | Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax | older | $9.99 | 186 91% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | Dreamloop Games |
 | PizzaPanic | $8.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Catnip Lab | |
 | MechaCap Arena | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Paraflux Games | |
 | Fighties 2 | $11.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Pillow Pig Games | |
 | Biida-Bash | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Silver Thumb Games | |
 | Robots with Guns | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Flash of Stars | |
 | Lockjaw: Robo-Royale | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Abducted Monkeys | |
 | Blastoids | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Moragami Co., Ltd | |
 | Bad Signal | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Full Steak Developers | |
 | Ultra Mega Planet Battles | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Solindie Games | |
 | PunchBots | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ghost Creative Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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