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Should I ship a War 4 Player Local game?
4 Player Local + War
Only 7 developers shipped a War 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, Trivia War, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 5% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, 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
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 422 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
World Empire 2027 2022 · $48k 
King Pins 2020 · $7.0k 
Trench Run 2016 · $5.7k 
Imprisoned Light 2016 · $5.1k 
Trivia War 2025 · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | World Empire 2027 | older | $19.99 | 80 77% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | iGindisGames |
| | King Pins | older | $2.99 | 78 85% | 2.3k | $7.0k (exactly $6,997) | Sokpop Collective, Sokpop Collective |
| | Trench Run | older | $3.99 | 48 50% | 1.4k | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) | Transhuman Design |
| | Imprisoned Light | older | $0.99 | 171 63% | 5.1k | $5.1k (exactly $5,079) | imaginite Ltd |
| | Trivia War | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Malachite Studios LLC | |
 | Medieval Battlefields | older | $6.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Cateia Games |
 | Battlestage | older | $10.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) | FZ-Tech |
 | I Got Isekai'd Into a Shmup | older | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | TOMAGameStudio |
 | X Wars Deluxe | older | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Black Stairs |
 | Delta Squad | older | $2.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | EskemaGames |
 | Spudtoon - Born To Peel | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | simon Emms | |
 | The Fallen Kingdoms | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Bugra Ozden | |
 | Asthemroids | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Whispersoft LLC | |
 | Reactor Critical | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Terran Future Games | |
 | miniBattle | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PapaDog Entertainment |
 | Couch PVP | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Homelaser |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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