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Should I ship a Split Screen Collectathon game?
Split Screen + Collectathon
Only 10 developers shipped a Split Screen Collectathon 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, Biped 2, 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, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $38k, ×60 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $6.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×582 the market median. Revenue is up 975% on the market; 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
|---|---|
| Median | $38k (exactly $37,762) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $48,573) |
| Top 5% | $366k (exactly $365,606) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 975% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, 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
- Collectathon
- 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, Collectathon
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 82% positive over 1,578 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.3k. 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame 2008 · $7.7M 
LEGO® DC Super-Villains 2018 · $7.0M 
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 2023 · $3.2M 
Amazing Frog? 2 2022 · EA · $435k 
Biped 2 2025 · $366k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame | older | $19.99 | 12,850 89% | 386k | $7.7M (exactly $7,706,145) | Traveller's Tales |
| | LEGO® DC Super-Villains | older | $39.99 | 5,798 91% | 174k | $7.0M (exactly $6,955,861) | TT Games, Feral Interactive (Mac) |
| | Bang-On Balls: Chronicles | older | $24.99 | 4,334 96% | 130k | $3.2M (exactly $3,249,200) | Exit Plan Games |
| | Amazing Frog? 2 | · EA older | $19.99 | 726 77% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Fayju |
| | Biped 2 | $14.99 | 813 71% | 24k | $366k (exactly $365,606) | META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy… (META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy Studios) | |
 | Cinnabunny | $24.99 | 403 96% | 12k | $302k (exactly $302,129) | Reky Studios | |
 | Teeto | $17.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $49k (exactly $48,573) | Eat Pant Games | |
 | Tasty Planet: Final Bite | $12.99 | 100 90% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,970) | Dingo Games | |
 | Tiny Lands 2 | $9.99 | 126 94% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $37,762) | Hyper Three Studio | |
 | Princess Castle Quest | older | $9.99 | 43 97% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,887) | Piggybank Studios |
 | Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon ~The Appraiser-Shopkeeper Conquers the Blacksmith Trade~ | · EA | $14.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Quench Forge |
 | Pecker | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Fonteinsoft UG | |
 | NOMSTERS | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Igor Yakunin | |
 | Slime Tower | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | DevCaffeine | |
 | Classic Bibe | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chimene Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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