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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Base Building game?
Base Building + Local Multiplayer
Only 14 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Base 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, Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×7.0 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 $3.6k against a market of $630. 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $900 (exactly $900) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,180) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $80,973) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Base Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Base Building, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 324 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Kingdom Two Crowns 2018 · $19M 
Terraforming Mars 2018 · $3.1M 
Might & Magic: Heroes VI 2011 · $2.6M 
Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour 2024 · $1.3M 
Heroes of Might & Magic V 2008 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kingdom Two Crowns | older | $19.99 | 31,259 90% | 938k | $19M (exactly $18,746,022) | Fury Studios, Coatsink |
| | Terraforming Mars | older | $19.99 | 5,194 71% | 156k | $3.1M (exactly $3,114,842) | Artefacts Studio |
| | Might & Magic: Heroes VI | older | $9.99 | 8,545 47% | 256k | $2.6M (exactly $2,560,936) | Blackhole |
| | Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour | older | $6.96 | 6,131 91% | 184k | $1.3M (exactly $1,280,153) | EA Pacific |
| | Heroes of Might & Magic V | older | $9.99 | 3,983 88% | 119k | $1.2M (exactly $1,193,705) | Nival |
 | Patch Quest | older | $14.99 | 2,058 94% | 62k | $925k (exactly $925,483) | Lychee Game Labs |
 | DG2: Defense Grid 2 | older | $9.99 | 2,704 86% | 81k | $810k (exactly $810,389) | Hidden Path Entertainment |
 | Yet Another Zombie Defense HD | older | $3.99 | 2,561 84% | 77k | $307k (exactly $306,552) | Awesome Games Studio |
 | PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy | older | $9.99 | 808 77% | 24k | $242k (exactly $242,158) | Q-Games Ltd. |
 | Bunhouse | older | $19.99 | 395 92% | 12k | $237k (exactly $236,881) | Reky Studios |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Monarchy | $14.99 | 47 78% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Brain Seal Ltd | |
 | Raise Your Tribe | · EA | $9.99 | 57 52% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Primeval Forest Studios |
 | Soviet Survival | · EA | $4.99 | 68 75% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Hunt Studio |
 | Sustained | · EA | $19.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Iconic Studios |
 | Crypt Crawler | $7.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Wild Domain | |
 | Port Town: Survival | $6.99 | 17 35% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Emre Şahin | |
 | Market Empire Simulator | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Coffeeshake Games | |
 | Let's Build Wonders: Galaxy | $6.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Sunjoy Meta | |
 | MAINCORE | · EA | $29.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $900 (exactly $900) | Milan Prekop |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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