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Should I ship a Crafting Split Screen game?
Crafting + Split Screen
Only 7 developers shipped a Crafting 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, Bober Constructions, 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, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- 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
- Crafting, Split Screen
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 56,353 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Crafting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + WesternPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
The Escapists 2 2017 · $16M 
Hydroneer 2020 · $12M 
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition 2014 · $715k 
Everafter Falls 2024 · $262k 
First Dwarf 2024 · EA · $235k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Escapists 2 | older | $19.99 | 26,452 90% | 794k | $16M (exactly $15,863,264) | Team17, Mouldy Toof Studios |
| | Hydroneer | older | $14.99 | 27,131 85% | 814k | $12M (exactly $12,200,811) | Foulball Hangover |
| | Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,192 74% | 36k | $715k (exactly $714,842) | Tribute Games Inc. |
| | Everafter Falls | older | $19.99 | 437 86% | 13k | $262k (exactly $262,069) | SquareHusky |
| | First Dwarf | · EA older | $24.99 | 314 76% | 9.4k | $235k (exactly $235,406) | Star Drifters |
 | Ultimate Racing 2D 2 | older | $9.99 | 485 92% | 15k | $145k (exactly $145,354) | Applimazing |
 | Monster Outbreak | older | $14.99 | 79 64% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | GameMunchers |
 | 心动满屋 | older | $3.99 | 218 75% | 6.5k | $26k (exactly $26,095) | 成都萌创科技有限公司 |
 | Bober Constructions | $9.99 | 30 70% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Simplicity Games | |
 | Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon ~The Appraiser-Shopkeeper Conquers the Blacksmith Trade~ | · EA | $14.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Quench Forge |
 | Coffee, Plis | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Divertgames | |
 | Highrisers Couch Co-Op | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Solar Powered Games |
 | Craftimals: Build to the Sun | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Roppy Chop Studios | |
 | Donut Riders | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | OUTRISE studios |
 | Holy Carrot Simulator | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Lunar Code Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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