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Split Screen + Fantasy
Of 25 developers who shipped a Fantasy Split Screen game 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.. 56 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.8k, ×4.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×2797 the market median. Revenue is up 1680% on the market; 56 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $267 (exactly $267) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,929) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,756,361) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 105 |
| Announced | 56 |
| 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 up 1680% on the market, supply 25% 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.
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Fantasy
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 80,945 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Automobile SimStrong odds
- + DrivingFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + SportsFair
- + RPGFair
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 2015 · $33M 
Outward Definitive Edition 2022 · $30M 
Darksiders Genesis 2019 · $9.3M 
Barony 2015 · $7.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition | older | $39.99 | 27,485 88% | 825k | $33M (exactly $32,973,754) | Larian Studios |
| | Outward Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 24,636 72% | 739k | $30M (exactly $29,555,809) | Nine Dots Studio |
| | Darksiders Genesis | older | $29.99 | 10,379 82% | 311k | $9.3M (exactly $9,337,986) | Airship Syndicate |
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
 | LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ | older | $19.99 | 9,575 90% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,742,128) | Traveller's Tales |
 | LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | older | $19.99 | 6,458 85% | 194k | $3.9M (exactly $3,872,863) | TT Games |
 | LEGO® The Hobbit™ | older | $19.99 | 5,086 78% | 153k | $3.1M (exactly $3,050,074) | Traveller's Tales, Feral Interactive (M… (Traveller's Tales, Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
 | LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection | $39.99 | 1,464 82% | 44k | $1.8M (exactly $1,756,361) | TT Games, Double Eleven | |
 | LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 5-7 | older | $19.99 | 2,231 89% | 67k | $1.3M (exactly $1,337,931) | Traveller's Tales |
 | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
 | Amelia and the Erotic Tentacle Trap Dungeon | · EA | $10.99 | 175 66% | 5.3k | $58k (exactly $57,698) | Studio SilverMoon |
 | MeowGun: Hell Denizen | $12.99 | 114 98% | 3.4k | $44k (exactly $44,426) | SusaDeBastet | |
 | Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection | $24.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $28k (exactly $28,489) | Grimorio of Games | |
 | Together in Forgotten Lands | $7.99 | 104 90% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vellichor Games | |
 | Mythic Kart Maker | · EA | $11.99 | 53 83% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,064) | Dream Mix Games |
 | ToriDori 2 | $4.99 | 74 93% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $11,078) | Very Very LITTLE Studio | |
 | Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon ~The Appraiser-Shopkeeper Conquers the Blacksmith Trade~ | · EA | $14.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Quench Forge |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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