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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Trivia game?

4 Player Local + Trivia

Only 9 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Trivia 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, The Jackbox Survey Scramble, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $7.2k, ×15 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $95k, ×201 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 15.2 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 9 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
4 Player Local + Trivia
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 9

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for 4 Player Local + Trivia: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 9
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $7.2k (exactly $7,198)
Top 25% $30k (exactly $29,970)
Top 5% $95k (exactly $95,305)
Developers, 2 yr 9
Released games 43
Announced 9
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 25% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Trivia
effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
4 Player Local, Trivia
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 91% positive over 542 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $7.2k, 1 in 4 over $29k, 1 in 20 over $95k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

4 Player Local with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Open WorldFair14 devs · median $82k · 20 announced
  2. + Multiple EndingsFair10 devs · median $3.6k · 10 announced
  3. + SimulationFair69 devs · median $2.1k · 86 announced
  4. + Immersive SimFair11 devs · median $2.1k · 15 announced
  5. + CatsFair17 devs · median $1.3k · 16 announced
  6. + RhythmFair10 devs · median $539 · 10 announced
  7. + ManagementPoor odds11 devs · median $22k · 37 announced
  8. + Football (Soccer)Poor odds14 devs · median $15k · 27 announced
  9. + Beat 'em upPoor odds30 devs · median $8.7k · 67 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds15 devs · median $8.5k · 19 announced
  11. + MinigamesPoor odds12 devs · median $7.2k · 28 announced
  12. + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds11 devs · median $6.9k · 12 announced

All 109 pairs on the 4 Player Local page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

The Jackbox Party Pack 3 2016 · $3.9M The Jackbox Party Pack 5 2018 · $2.0M The Jackbox Party Pack 4 2017 · $1.9M The Jackbox Party Pack 2014 · $1.1M The Jackbox Party Pack 2 2015 · $1.1M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 older $24.99 5,139 96% 154k $3.9M (exactly $3,852,708) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 older $29.99 2,180 93% 65k $2.0M (exactly $1,961,346) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 4 older $24.99 2,478 94% 74k $1.9M (exactly $1,857,757) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack older $24.99 1,467 90% 44k $1.1M (exactly $1,099,810) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 older $24.99 1,447 95% 43k $1.1M (exactly $1,084,816) Jackbox Games, Inc.
Drawful 2 older $9.99 821 91% 25k $246k (exactly $246,054) Jackbox Games, Inc.
Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code) older $14.99 500 88% 15k $225k (exactly $224,850) Smart Tale Games
It's Quiz Time older $24.99 225 74% 6.8k $169k (exactly $168,682) Snap Finger Click
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader older $29.99 149 63% 4.5k $134k (exactly $134,055) Massive Miniteam
The Jackbox Survey Scramble $9.99 318 90% 9.5k $95k (exactly $95,305) Jackbox Games, Inc
Fallacy Quiz $14.99 88 88% 2.6k $40k (exactly $39,574) Tim Krief
The You Quiz $9.99 100 93% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Hazard Wizard
Educational Family Games $24.99 10 100% 300 $7.5k (exactly $7,497) Crazysoft Limited
It’s Quiz Time: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2026 Edition $29.99 8 100% 240 $7.2k (exactly $7,198) Snap Finger Click
Trivia War $9.99 15 100% 450 $4.5k (exactly $4,496) Malachite Studios LLC
Musica $4.99 2 0% 60 $299 (exactly $299) VECTRA
Wrestling Trivia $0.99 1 100% 30 $30 (exactly $30) LoadUpGames.com
Capital Cities Trivia $0.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) LoadUpGames.com
The Ultimate BezzerQuizzer $16.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Hello There Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.