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Should I ship a Split Screen Action Roguelike?

Split Screen + Action Roguelike

Of 25 developers who shipped a Split Screen Action Roguelike 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.. 33 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 14 developers shipped in the last year and 33 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 115% on the market, 33 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Split Screen + Action Roguelike
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 25
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $30 → $300 → $599 → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Split Screen + Action Roguelike: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 25
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $300 (exactly $300)
Top 25% $3.3k (exactly $3,297)
Top 5% $28k (exactly $28,489)
Developers, 2 yr 25
Released games 59
Announced 33
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

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 up 115% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, 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.

Split Screen
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Action Roguelike
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Split Screen, Action Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action RPG, Action-Adventure
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 806 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $300, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $28k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Automobile SimStrong odds25 devs · median $5.5k · 14 announced
  2. + DrivingFair54 devs · median $6.0k · 56 announced
  3. + Immersive SimFair12 devs · median $6.0k · 14 announced
  4. + HorrorFair16 devs · median $4.3k · 18 announced
  5. + SportsFair58 devs · median $4.0k · 52 announced
  6. + RPGFair28 devs · median $450 · 31 announced
  7. + Score AttackLong shot23 devs · median $300 · 24 announced
  8. + CollectathonPoor odds10 devs · median $38k · 16 announced
  9. + Online Co-OpPoor odds30 devs · median $25k · 63 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds15 devs · median $18k · 20 announced
  11. + Open WorldPoor odds20 devs · median $10k · 27 announced
  12. + Tower DefensePoor odds8 devs · median $7.9k · 10 announced

All 84 pairs on the Split Screen page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Barony 2015 · $7.6M Sky Rogue 2017 · $635k Space Beast Terror Fright 2022 · $564k A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k RICO 2019 · $257k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Barony older $19.99 12,714 90% 381k $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) Turning Wheel LLC
Sky Rogue older $19.99 1,059 92% 32k $635k (exactly $635,082) Fractal Phase
Space Beast Terror Fright older $14.99 1,255 91% 38k $564k (exactly $564,374) nornware AB
A Robot Named Fight! older $12.99 796 88% 24k $310k (exactly $310,201) Morningstar Game Studio
RICO older $19.99 428 61% 13k $257k (exactly $256,672) Ground Shatter
God's Trigger older $14.99 441 72% 13k $198k (exactly $198,318) One More Level
Bloody Rally Show older $19.99 248 89% 7.4k $149k (exactly $148,726) Kodo Linija
DunHero $8.99 530 89% 16k $143k (exactly $142,941) Dev Kacper
Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire older $19.99 113 76% 3.4k $68k (exactly $67,766) Digitality Games
Destropolis older $5.99 255 89% 7.7k $46k (exactly $45,824) Igrek Games
Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection $24.99 38 86% 1.1k $28k (exactly $28,489) Grimorio of Games
Bonelords $6.99 94 92% 2.8k $20k (exactly $19,712) Z0 Game Studios
Hyperspaced $16.99 27 92% 810 $14k (exactly $13,762) Rarebyte
Spaceflux $4.99 73 57% 2.2k $11k (exactly $10,928) Calin Ardelean
Dirtnap · EA $7.99 19 84% 570 $4.6k (exactly $4,554) Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitr… (Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitroyale)
A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher $9.99 11 100% 330 $3.3k (exactly $3,297) Ask An Enemy Studios
AVTale $4.99 10 60% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,497) OnePersonDevelopment
Dang Darn Island $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Dang Darn Games
GØRKJES - finger food fighting $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Moritz Petzka, Basuramor

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