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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Time Management game?
4 Player Local + Time Management
Only 14 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Time Management 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, Walk of Life, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×4.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $700; 1 in 20 cleared $530k, ×1121 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 31 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $693 (exactly $693) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,653) |
| Top 5% | $533k (exactly $532,534) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
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
- Time Management
- 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, Time Management
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,346 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $700. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
4 Player Local with a different second tag, 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
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013 · $1.4M 
No Time to Relax 2019 · $1.0M 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 2024 · $901k 
Walk of Life 2026 · $533k 
Diner Bros 2018 · $245k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cook, Serve, Delicious! | older | $12.99 | 3,713 95% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,956) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
| | No Time to Relax | older | $13.99 | 2,486 92% | 75k | $1.0M (exactly $1,043,374) | Porcelain Fortress |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 | older | $39.99 | 751 79% | 23k | $901k (exactly $900,975) | Winning Streak Games GmbH |
| | Walk of Life | $19.99 | 888 94% | 27k | $533k (exactly $532,534) | Porcelain Fortress | |
| | Diner Bros | older | $9.99 | 817 90% | 25k | $245k (exactly $244,855) | JAYFLGAMES |
 | Innchanted | older | $19.99 | 117 84% | 3.5k | $70k (exactly $70,165) | DragonBear Studios |
 | Diner Bros 2 | $14.99 | 147 87% | 4.4k | $66k (exactly $66,106) | JAYFLGAMES | |
 | Tipston Salvage | $16.99 | 80 97% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $40,776) | Pontus Karlsson | |
 | Potion Party | older | $9.99 | 90 90% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | RPGames |
 | Party Club | $4.99 | 158 72% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | Lucid11 Interactive | |
 | Ritual Party | · EA | $11.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $10k (exactly $10,072) | Hologram Monster |
 | Welcome to Empyreum | $14.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Tapioca Games | |
 | Market Empire Simulator | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Coffeeshake Games | |
 | Developer Daily | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Mehan Games | |
 | Forklift Certified : Stacked and Loaded | $11.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | ProjectorGames | |
 | Cook Saga | · EA | $7.70 | 3 66% | 90 | $693 (exactly $693) | Nasus Solution |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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