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Should I ship a Crafting Local Multiplayer game?
Crafting + Local Multiplayer
Only 19 developers shipped a Crafting Local Multiplayer 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, Wild Woods, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $860; 1 in 20 cleared $780k, ×1250 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 40 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $860 (exactly $860) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,393) |
| Top 5% | $785k (exactly $785,176) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, Local Multiplayer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Loot
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,581 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $860. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Feed the Cups 2024 · EA · $2.3M 
Wild Woods 2024 · EA · $785k 
Kitaria Fables 2021 · $751k 
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition 2014 · $715k 
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball 2015 · $677k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
| | Wild Woods | · EA | $14.99 | 1,746 78% | 52k | $785k (exactly $785,176) | Octofox Games |
| | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
| | Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,192 74% | 36k | $715k (exactly $714,842) | Tribute Games Inc. |
| | Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball | older | $9.99 | 2,258 91% | 68k | $677k (exactly $676,723) | Erik Asmussen |
 | Small World | older | $9.99 | 931 71% | 28k | $279k (exactly $279,021) | Days of Wonder |
 | SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure | $14.99 | 517 70% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | kopiforge | |
 | Ultimate Racing 2D 2 | older | $9.99 | 485 92% | 15k | $145k (exactly $145,354) | Applimazing |
 | USC: Counterforce | older | $19.99 | 205 62% | 6.2k | $123k (exactly $122,938) | Angry Cat Studios, Creatio 49 |
 | Submarine Titans | older | $4.99 | 348 86% | 10k | $52k (exactly $52,096) | Ellipse Studios |
 | Sit-Back Attack | · EA | $8.99 | 110 78% | 3.3k | $30k (exactly $29,667) | Stapleton |
 | Raise Your Tribe | · EA | $9.99 | 57 52% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Primeval Forest Studios |
 | The Artifactory | $19.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Berries Studios | |
 | Soviet Survival | · EA | $4.99 | 68 75% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Hunt Studio |
 | No Heroes Here 2 | $19.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Mad Mimic | |
 | Sustained | · EA | $19.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | Iconic Studios |
 | Battle Architect: Dalasito | · EA | $9.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Dalas |
 | Port Town: Survival | $6.99 | 17 35% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Emre Şahin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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