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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Shooter?
Shooter + 4 Player Local
Of 64 developers who shipped a 4 Player Local Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 100 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 100 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper, while revenue is down 45% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,089) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 64 |
| Released games | 298 |
| Announced | 100 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 45% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shooter
- 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
- Shooter, 4 Player Local; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Local Multiplayer, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,656 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 100 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Broforce 2015 · $22M 
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015 · $15M 
Stick Fight: The Game 2017 · $15M 
Duck Game 2015 · $9.8M 
Amazing Frog? 2014 · EA · $6.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Broforce | older | $14.99 | 49,512 96% | 1.5M | $22M (exactly $22,265,546) | Free Lives |
| | HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition | older | $19.99 | 25,663 90% | 770k | $15M (exactly $15,390,101) | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| | Stick Fight: The Game | older | $4.99 | 99,952 93% | 3.0M | $15M (exactly $14,962,814) | Landfall West |
| | Duck Game | older | $12.99 | 25,262 97% | 758k | $9.8M (exactly $9,844,601) | Landon Podbielski |
| | Amazing Frog? | · EA older | $19.99 | 11,169 94% | 335k | $6.7M (exactly $6,698,049) | Fayju |
 | How to Survive 2 | older | $14.99 | 8,641 69% | 259k | $3.9M (exactly $3,885,858) | Eko Software |
 | GRIP: Combat Racing | older | $29.99 | 3,669 86% | 110k | $3.3M (exactly $3,300,999) | Caged Element |
 | HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed | older | $24.99 | 3,798 90% | 114k | $2.8M (exactly $2,847,361) | Digital Cybercherries |
 | Worms Ultimate Mayhem | older | $14.99 | 4,303 89% | 129k | $1.9M (exactly $1,935,059) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 | older | $12.99 | 4,742 94% | 142k | $1.8M (exactly $1,847,957) | Rogueside, Claeysbrothers |
 | DuneCrawl | $19.99 | 568 74% | 17k | $341k (exactly $340,630) | Alientrap | |
 | Bang Bang Barrage | $7.99 | 757 95% | 23k | $181k (exactly $181,453) | Monkey Bread | |
 | BattleCap | $11.99 | 159 96% | 4.8k | $57k (exactly $57,192) | MechAlmond Productions | |
 | SUPERVERSE | $9.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Superverse Industries | |
 | QUADRICOLOR: Ultra Sentai Color Ranger | $12.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $10,522) | Quadri Team | |
 | MAGE: Mega Awesome Gregarious Encounters | $9.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | FunRug Studio | |
 | Bugscraper | $9.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Yolwoocle, OLX, Verbaudet, Ninesliced | |
 | Paws Against the World | $6.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | GoldenGod Games | |
 | Pulsar Crash | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Little Doctor Games | |
 | Off the Beaten Track | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Blackroot Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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