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Should I ship an Asynchronous Multiplayer Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Asynchronous Multiplayer
Only 13 developers shipped an Asynchronous Multiplayer Action-Adventure 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, DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,553) |
| Top 5% | $32M (exactly $32,406,770) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- effort 5 / 10 · low · a backend with accounts and persistent turns
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Asynchronous Multiplayer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Exploration
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $69.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 9 games average 92% positive over 18,514 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 2026 · $32M 
Dwarven Realms 2024 · $854k 
Hoofobia 2025 · $37k 
Sailist 2024 · EA · $18k 
Codename: Terranova 2024 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | $69.99 | 15,434 94% | 463k | $32M (exactly $32,406,770) | KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software | |
| | Dwarven Realms | $9.99 | 2,850 81% | 86k | $854k (exactly $854,145) | Crater Studios | |
| | Hoofobia | $6.99 | 178 68% | 5.3k | $37k (exactly $37,327) | Deathyell Games | |
| | Sailist | · EA older | $11.99 | 49 75% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | KOY |
| | Codename: Terranova | $23.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $17k (exactly $16,553) | ACGames | |
 | FPV Worldwide | older | $16.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $11k (exactly $10,704) | Robin Cretinon |
 | Lost Marbles | · EA older | $9.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Cabbeast Games |
 | SCP: Keter | · EA older | $5.99 | 30 16% | 900 | $5.4k (exactly $5,391) | DRAUGR |
 | Imposters | $7.99 | 17 47% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Deathyell Games | |
 | Shadows Are Alive | · EA | $6.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Futura Games |
 | Casa De Diamantes | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | SoulPixel Studio | |
 | Alpha Genesis | · EA | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Estro.Games |
 | Slide Faster | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Puzzle Drop Studio | |
 | The Illuminati Simulator | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ricardo Alonso Pina |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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