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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Local Multiplayer
Of 128 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Action-Adventure 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.. 197 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 $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $560k, ×892 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 197 games are announced against 72 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,653) |
| Top 5% | $560k (exactly $560,260) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 128 |
| Released games | 393 |
| Announced | 197 |
| Effort | 6 / 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: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- 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
- Action-Adventure, Local Multiplayer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Local Co-Op, Co-op, Action
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 147,105 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 67 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 197 games are announced against 72 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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