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Should I ship a Split Screen Beat 'em up?
Split Screen + Beat 'em up
Only 13 developers shipped a Split Screen Beat 'em up 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, Carnal Rage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
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. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 5% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 330% on the market, supply 15% more 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
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen, Beat 'em up; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 9 games average 88% positive over 59 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. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 2023 · $21M 
One Piece Burning Blood 2016 · $5.6M 
Cake Bash 2020 · $309k 
Megabyte Punch 2013 · $184k 
Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions 2021 · $110k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 | older | $39.99 | 17,281 91% | 518k | $21M (exactly $20,732,016) | Koei Tecmo |
| | One Piece Burning Blood | older | $49.99 | 3,751 81% | 113k | $5.6M (exactly $5,625,375) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | Cake Bash | older | $19.99 | 515 86% | 15k | $309k (exactly $308,846) | High Tea Frog |
| | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
| | Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions | older | $39.99 | 92 65% | 2.8k | $110k (exactly $110,372) | Survios |
 | Tanuki Justice | older | $14.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Wonderboy Bobi |
 | Fight Party | older | $4.99 | 112 78% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,766) | Mr. Vibin |
 | PuckOFF | older | $19.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Kuura Playhouse |
 | Dragon Fury | older | $19.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Esenthel |
 | Sacrifice Your Friends | older | $14.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Astrolabe Interactive Inc. |
 | Carnal Rage | $9.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | TailsUp4Tyranno | |
 | Billgard | $3.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $2.9k (exactly $2,873) | Triflgard | |
 | Mischief | $14.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Tavern Rat Studios | |
 | Rough Rivals | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Constantin Roussel | |
 | Bumper Brawlers | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Gyxos | |
 | Dual Force | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Howling Beast Entertainment | |
 | The Legend of Kairo | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Derrick Davison | |
 | Donut Riders | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | OUTRISE studios |
 | Bàito | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | drCaron97 | |
 | IT Hell | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Thug Rabbit Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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