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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Deckbuilding?
Local Multiplayer + Deckbuilding
Of 24 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Deckbuilding in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 51 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×229 the market median. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 51 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $108,892) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 51 |
| 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 up 50% on the market, supply 40% more 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.
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Deckbuilding; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Combat, Action, Card Game
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Funny, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,927 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 51 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
ROUNDS 2021 · $6.4M 
SUPER DRAGON BALL HEROES WORLD MISSION 2019 · $2.5M 
Spirit Island 2020 · $1.2M 
Inkulinati 2024 · $543k 
Ticket to Ride® 2023 · $475k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ROUNDS | older | $5.99 | 35,738 95% | 1.1M | $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) | Landfall |
| | SUPER DRAGON BALL HEROES WORLD MISSION | older | $59.99 | 1,404 82% | 42k | $2.5M (exactly $2,526,779) | Dimps Corporation, SAFARI GAMES Co., Lt… (Dimps Corporation, SAFARI GAMES Co., Ltd.) |
| | Spirit Island | older | $24.99 | 1,545 91% | 46k | $1.2M (exactly $1,158,286) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
| | Inkulinati | older | $24.99 | 724 87% | 22k | $543k (exactly $542,783) | Yaza Games |
| | Ticket to Ride® | older | $14.99 | 1,057 69% | 32k | $475k (exactly $475,333) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
 | Ascension: Deckbuilding Game | older | $9.99 | 1,435 88% | 43k | $430k (exactly $430,070) | Playdek, Inc. |
 | A Gentlemen's Dispute | $7.99 | 1,199 94% | 36k | $287k (exactly $287,400) | Blast Furnace Games | |
 | Aeon's End | older | $14.99 | 438 82% | 13k | $197k (exactly $196,969) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
 | Charterstone: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 235 76% | 7.1k | $141k (exactly $140,930) | Acram Digital |
 | Anode Heart: Layer Null | $15.99 | 227 91% | 6.8k | $109k (exactly $108,892) | Stove Powered Games | |
 | Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder | $19.99 | 180 77% | 5.4k | $108k (exactly $107,946) | Bigosaur | |
 | I'm No Demonlord | $8.99 | 163 84% | 4.9k | $44k (exactly $43,961) | NiaoWu Studio | |
 | Keep the Heroes Out | $19.99 | 35 60% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | Brueh Games, YarnCat Games | |
 | Vinebound: Tangled Together | $4.99 | 43 95% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Riftpoint Entertainment | |
 | Board game party | $2.99 | 50 80% | 1.5k | $4.5k (exactly $4,485) | Willgw | |
 | Hard Edge - War Zone | $15.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | SUNSOFT | |
 | Deck of Treads | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DuckByte Games | |
 | Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | DevilishGames, Famosa by Giochi Preziosi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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