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Should I ship an AI Split Screen game?
Split Screen + Artificial Intelligence
Only 11 developers shipped an AI Split Screen 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, Pure Badminton, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $194k (exactly $193,703) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 81% positive over 367 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. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Immersive SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + SportsFair
- + RPGFair
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024 · $7.5M 
RIDE 5 2023 · $5.1M 
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $2.1M 
Tennis World Tour 2 2020 · $242k 
Pure Badminton 2025 · $194k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | older | $35.01 | 7,125 23% | 214k | $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) | Aspyr |
| | RIDE 5 | older | $49.99 | 3,368 82% | 101k | $5.1M (exactly $5,050,990) | Milestone S.r.l. |
| | Redout: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,438 84% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,769) | 34BigThings srl |
| | Tennis World Tour 2 | older | $39.99 | 202 49% | 6.1k | $242k (exactly $242,339) | Big Ant Studios |
| | Pure Badminton | $19.99 | 323 81% | 9.7k | $194k (exactly $193,703) | DS SOFT | |
 | Animosity | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Red River Studio | |
 | Super Hiking League DX | older | $6.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Bit Ink Studios |
 | Urban Shadows Racing™ Tokyo | $4.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | TechRoar, TechRoarLex | |
 | AI PAINTER: Painting Simulator | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Magic Cat | |
 | Broombot Battlegrounds | older | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | The Cleanup Kings LLC |
 | LuPR: Lunar Post Recruit | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Epic Tech Labs LLC | |
 | Untergrund Raceways - Arena | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Vantech Studios | |
 | Swap Fire | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Midnight Status | |
 | Investigate | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 臻新 | |
 | Indicate | $34.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Indicate | |
 | Altruistic | $49.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chen Min |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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