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Should I ship a Building Split Screen game?
Building + Split Screen
Only 10 developers shipped a Building 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, Wreckreation, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 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 $30k against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30k (exactly $30,441) |
| Top 25% | $82k (exactly $82,484) |
| Top 5% | $432k (exactly $431,892) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 96655% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building, Split Screen
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 76% positive over 941 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
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Comparable games
Hydroneer 2020 · $12M 
LEGO® Jurassic World 2015 · $4.7M 
The LEGO® Movie - Videogame 2014 · $2.2M 
Wreckreation 2025 · $432k 
Murder Miners 2014 · $356k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hydroneer | older | $14.99 | 27,131 85% | 814k | $12M (exactly $12,200,811) | Foulball Hangover |
| | LEGO® Jurassic World | older | $19.99 | 7,797 92% | 234k | $4.7M (exactly $4,675,861) | TT Games Ltd |
| | The LEGO® Movie - Videogame | older | $19.99 | 3,626 86% | 109k | $2.2M (exactly $2,174,512) | TT Fusion, Traveller's Tales |
| | Wreckreation | $39.99 | 360 63% | 11k | $432k (exactly $431,892) | Three Fields Entertainment | |
| | Murder Miners | older | $2.99 | 3,965 87% | 119k | $356k (exactly $355,660) | JForce Games |
 | First Dwarf | · EA older | $24.99 | 314 76% | 9.4k | $235k (exactly $235,406) | Star Drifters |
 | BeaterCore | $9.99 | 322 82% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,503) | Artem Arbatsky | |
 | Modbox | · EA older | $14.99 | 197 85% | 5.9k | $89k (exactly $88,591) | Alientrap |
 | HOT WHEELS™ Infinite Rush | $49.99 | 55 65% | 1.7k | $82k (exactly $82,484) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
 | Mass Exodus Redux | older | $6.99 | 280 72% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,716) | Altaire |
 | Slip & Skid | $12.99 | 141 97% | 4.2k | $55k (exactly $54,948) | NHOGS Interactive | |
 | 3D Train Studio V9 | $34.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $30k (exactly $30,441) | Stefan Werner | |
 | Bober Constructions | $9.99 | 30 70% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Simplicity Games | |
 | Craftimals: Build to the Sun | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Roppy Chop Studios | |
 | Art Spotting Co-op | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Musabiza | |
 | Zombie Siege：Room War | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | gamemixcraft | |
 | RovNav | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Enigmatix Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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