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Should I ship a Dystopian Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Dystopian
Only 8 developers shipped a Dystopian 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, XF Extreme Formula, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×5.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $130k, ×277 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 25% | $44k (exactly $43,621) |
| Top 5% | $132k (exactly $131,650) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $11.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 3,264 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Local Multiplayer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Point & ClickFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + Football (American)Fair
- + SportsFair
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Comparable games
Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity 2023 · $271k 
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors 2023 · $258k 
Neon Chrome 2016 · $245k 
Aeon's End 2019 · $197k 
Tower 57 2017 · $194k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity | older | $24.99 | 361 78% | 11k | $271k (exactly $270,642) | Fifth Harbour Studios |
| | The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors | older | $19.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $258k (exactly $257,871) | Winning Entertainment Group Inc. |
| | Neon Chrome | older | $14.99 | 545 93% | 16k | $245k (exactly $245,086) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Aeon's End | older | $14.99 | 438 82% | 13k | $197k (exactly $196,969) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
| | Tower 57 | older | $11.99 | 538 65% | 16k | $194k (exactly $193,519) | Pixwerk |
 | Panoptic | older | $16.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $143k (exactly $143,226) | Team Panoptes |
 | XF Extreme Formula | $11.99 | 366 90% | 11k | $132k (exactly $131,650) | Feperd Games | |
 | Flying Tank | $14.99 | 97 86% | 2.9k | $44k (exactly $43,621) | Hexage | |
 | Battle Engine Aquila | older | $9.99 | 139 92% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Lost Toys Ltd |
 | Anima Flux | $19.99 | 69 78% | 2.1k | $41k (exactly $41,379) | Avantaj Prim | |
 | CARnage | $14.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | GleeMill | |
 | ONAR - Off World Fighter | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Enter Yes Interactive | |
 | ROBOT RIOT | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TATAMI TEAM | |
 | EcoMoguls | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | The Analog Gaming Socity | |
 | Body Pillow Royal | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MuteCanary |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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