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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Bowling game?
Local Multiplayer + Bowling
Only 7 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Bowling 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, PBA Pro Bowling 2026, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 3 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 $480. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
| Top 25% | $40k (exactly $40,486) |
| Top 5% | $494k (exactly $494,276) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $15.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Bowling
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Bowling
- Price point
- $15.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 23,699 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 3 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
FlatOut 2 2006 · $5.8M 
Rock of Ages 2011 · $1.0M 
PBA Pro Bowling 2026 2025 · $494k 
PBA Pro Bowling 2023 2022 · $92k 
PBA Pro Bowling 2019 · $81k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FlatOut 2 | older | $9.99 | 19,466 95% | 584k | $5.8M (exactly $5,833,960) | Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Me… (Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | Rock of Ages | older | $9.99 | 3,364 92% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,191) | ACE Team |
| | PBA Pro Bowling 2026 | $39.99 | 412 91% | 12k | $494k (exactly $494,276) | FarSight Studios | |
| | PBA Pro Bowling 2023 | older | $29.99 | 102 68% | 3.1k | $92k (exactly $91,769) | FarSight Studios |
| | PBA Pro Bowling | older | $14.99 | 180 78% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | FarSight Studios |
 | PBA Pro Bowling 2021 | older | $14.99 | 102 84% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | FarSight Studios |
 | Golden Tee Arcade Classics | $29.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $40k (exactly $40,486) | Digital Eclipse | |
 | Bowlers : The bowling experience | $15.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) | Solid9Games | |
 | Date Night Bowling | older | $9.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Serenity Forge |
 | Rolling Ball: HD Remaster | $59.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | SUNYU Games | |
 | Skyline Bowling | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | VOODOO | |
 | Bowling Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Jingle Strike VR Bowling | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Spooky Pictures Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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