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Split Screen + Female Protagonist
Only 15 developers shipped a Female-Led 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, Split Fiction, 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, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $18k, ×28 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $8.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $110M, ×187171 the market median. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) |
|---|---|
| Median | $18k (exactly $17,625) |
| Top 25% | $44k (exactly $44,426) |
| Top 5% | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 155% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 79,324 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $8.6k. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Score AttackLong shot
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
Gears 5 2019 · $19M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
| | Gears 5 | older | $29.99 | 21,210 72% | 636k | $19M (exactly $19,082,637) | The Coalition |
 | Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 1 + 2 | older | $39.99 | 4,497 90% | 135k | $5.4M (exactly $5,395,051) | Vicarious Visions, Iron Galaxy Studios |
 | Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,192 74% | 36k | $715k (exactly $714,842) | Tribute Games Inc. |
 | The First Templar - Steam Special Edition | older | $9.99 | 543 73% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Haemimont Games |
 | Carly and the Reaperman - Escape from the Underworld | older | $19.99 | 204 86% | 6.1k | $122k (exactly $122,339) | Odd Raven Studios |
 | Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons | older | $9.99 | 366 90% | 11k | $110k (exactly $109,690) | @unepic_fran |
 | Head's Adventures:chibichibi | $7.99 | 334 97% | 10k | $80k (exactly $80,060) | ManaWanderer | |
 | 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 | |
 | Lost Twins 2 | $14.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Playdew | |
 | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas | |
 | Lost in Tandem | $14.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Tempete Studio | |
 | Super Night Riders S1 | $9.99 | 47 95% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | miyu.works |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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