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Asynchronous Multiplayer + Building
Only 12 developers shipped an Asynchronous Multiplayer Building 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, Planet Coaster 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.9k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $19M, ×31157 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 33 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.9k (exactly $8,902) |
| Top 25% | $131k (exactly $131,334) |
| Top 5% | $20M (exactly $19,566,586) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 27%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- effort 5 / 10 · low · a backend with accounts and persistent turns
- Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Asynchronous Multiplayer, Building
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 14,329 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Asynchronous Multiplayer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Turn-BasedStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Board GameFair
- + WarFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + SpaceLong shot
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
Comparable games
Planet Coaster 2 2024 · $20M 
Meet Your Maker 2023 · $1.8M 
GearBlocks 2023 · EA · $341k 
Territory: Farming and Warfare 2026 · $332k 
Yield! Fall of Rome 2025 · $131k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Planet Coaster 2 | $49.99 | 13,047 74% | 391k | $20M (exactly $19,566,586) | Frontier Developments | |
| | Meet Your Maker | older | $19.99 | 3,013 73% | 90k | $1.8M (exactly $1,806,896) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. |
| | GearBlocks | · EA older | $14.99 | 759 90% | 23k | $341k (exactly $341,322) | SmashHammer Games |
| | Territory: Farming and Warfare | $14.99 | 738 84% | 22k | $332k (exactly $331,879) | Wit Studio | |
| | Yield! Fall of Rome | $19.99 | 219 69% | 6.6k | $131k (exactly $131,334) | Billionworlds | |
 | Concordia: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 167 83% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | Acram Digital |
 | Barbaria | older | $19.99 | 129 93% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,361) | Stalwart Games, LLC |
 | Quantum Odyssey | · EA | $17.99 | 141 92% | 4.2k | $76k (exactly $76,098) | Quarks Interactive |
 | Craftlands Workshoppe | older | $19.99 | 110 58% | 3.3k | $66k (exactly $65,967) | Arvydas Žemaitis |
 | Screeps: Arena | $19.99 | 105 82% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Screeps, LLC | |
 | One King Is Enough | $10.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $8.9k (exactly $8,902) | INVISIBLE GAMES | |
 | Assemblands | $9.99 | 27 66% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Tafusoft | |
 | Carbox | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Hues Games | |
 | Clank-Robotics | $6.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Clank Studios | |
 | Everforge: Craft Legends | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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