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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Local Multiplayer + Choose Your Own Adventure
Only 13 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Choose Your Own Adventure 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, Class of '09: Puzzle Showdown, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $330. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $330 (exactly $330) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $200k (exactly $199,700) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 15% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Choose Your Own Adventure; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Co-op
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Comedy, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 583 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
THE GAME OF LIFE 2 2020 · $1.4M 
Mayhem Brawler 2021 · $501k 
Backrooms Rec. 2024 · EA · $384k 
The Yawhg 2014 · $339k 
How 2 Escape 2023 · $267k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | THE GAME OF LIFE 2 | older | $12.49 | 3,702 78% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,387,139) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | Mayhem Brawler | older | $19.99 | 836 89% | 25k | $501k (exactly $501,349) | Hero Concept |
| | Backrooms Rec. | · EA older | $6.99 | 1,830 68% | 55k | $384k (exactly $383,751) | Liminal Logic |
| | The Yawhg | older | $9.99 | 1,131 84% | 34k | $339k (exactly $338,961) | Damian Sommer, Emily Carroll |
| | How 2 Escape | older | $12.99 | 684 71% | 21k | $267k (exactly $266,555) | Breakfirst Games |
 | Class of '09: Puzzle Showdown | $19.99 | 333 57% | 10k | $200k (exactly $199,700) | SBN3 | |
 | Hand Simulator: Rendezvous | older | $2.99 | 1,654 87% | 50k | $148k (exactly $148,364) | Alice Pie |
 | Dynamic Dungeons Editor | older | $29.99 | 158 60% | 4.7k | $142k (exactly $142,153) | Dynamic Dungeons |
 | Worlds of Aria | $14.99 | 220 90% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | Ludogram | |
 | Baladins | older | $24.99 | 121 81% | 3.6k | $91k (exactly $90,714) | Seed by Seed |
 | Ashes of Ambition | $6.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | HiddenGem Studio | |
 | Let's Build Wonders: Galaxy | $6.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Sunjoy Meta | |
 | Diamond Painting | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | LeiZna | |
 | Outlanders - Exiles of Veridion | $14.33 | 2 0% | 60 | $860 (exactly $860) | Solo Game Dev | |
 | Résop Paz Yandere True ( Rpyt ) ( R-pyt ) ( Resop Paz ) | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | LEON GAGIN | |
 | Fun Road | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | RMIT | |
 | Late Night Fears | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | WolfAlert | |
 | どきどきシャッターチャンス～恋のパズルを組み立てて♡～ | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft… (Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft beta, Inc.) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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