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Should I ship a Split Screen Action RPG?
Action RPG + Split Screen
Only 16 developers shipped a Split Screen Action RPG 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, DunHero, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×1.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×95 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $19,712) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Split Screen
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 924 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
Darksiders Genesis 2019 · $9.3M 
Barony 2015 · $7.6M 
Hellpoint 2020 · $2.7M 
The Last Oricru - Final Cut 2022 · $334k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Ascent | older | $29.99 | 19,235 74% | 577k | $17M (exactly $17,305,730) | Neon Giant |
| | Darksiders Genesis | older | $29.99 | 10,379 82% | 311k | $9.3M (exactly $9,337,986) | Airship Syndicate |
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
| | Hellpoint | older | $34.99 | 2,582 76% | 77k | $2.7M (exactly $2,710,325) | Cradle Games |
| | The Last Oricru - Final Cut | older | $19.99 | 557 67% | 17k | $334k (exactly $334,033) | GoldKnights |
 | Fight The Dragon | older | $9.99 | 993 78% | 30k | $298k (exactly $297,602) | 3 Sprockets |
 | First Dwarf | · EA older | $24.99 | 314 76% | 9.4k | $235k (exactly $235,406) | Star Drifters |
 | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
 | Taival | · EA | $19.99 | 134 83% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $80,360) | Bonobo Software |
 | Endgame: Road To Salvation | · EA older | $11.99 | 156 97% | 4.7k | $56k (exactly $56,113) | Indie/Anon 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 | |
 | Combat Kart | $12.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | 01Game | |
 | Kingdoms And Slaves | $6.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | TGM | |
 | Steinstern: Spacewar | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Chris Baum | |
 | MADHOUSE | · EA | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Paul Hubans |
 | MEMOLOGY: Absurd racing | $0.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $1.8k (exactly $1,752) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Mystal Haven | · EA | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Todd Lucas |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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