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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Flight game?
Flight + Local Multiplayer
Of 20 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Flight 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.. 35 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 35 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 170% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $83k (exactly $82,759) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 93 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 170% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight, Local Multiplayer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Co-op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Stylized, 1990's
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 413 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 2014 · $18M 
Sky Force Reloaded 2017 · $805k 
Bee Simulator 2020 · $451k 
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing 2024 · $403k 
Dogfight 1942 2012 · $212k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition | older | $24.99 | 23,349 86% | 700k | $18M (exactly $17,504,745) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| | Sky Force Reloaded | older | $9.99 | 2,687 92% | 81k | $805k (exactly $805,294) | Infinite Dreams |
| | Bee Simulator | older | $19.99 | 752 80% | 23k | $451k (exactly $450,974) | VARSAV Game Studios |
| | CYGNI: All Guns Blazing | older | $29.99 | 448 60% | 13k | $403k (exactly $403,066) | KeelWorks |
| | Dogfight 1942 | older | $9.99 | 706 80% | 21k | $212k (exactly $211,588) | City Interactive |
 | Thunder Wolves | older | $9.99 | 446 84% | 13k | $134k (exactly $133,666) | Most Wanted Entertainment |
 | F-22: Air Dominance Fighter | $19.99 | 138 91% | 4.1k | $83k (exactly $82,759) | Digital Image Design Ltd. | |
 | Acceleration of SUGURI 2 | older | $8.99 | 283 92% | 8.5k | $76k (exactly $76,325) | Orange_Juice |
 | Galaxy Trucker: Extended Edition | older | $9.99 | 213 89% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,836) | CGE Digital |
 | Perfect Round Disc Golf | older | $19.99 | 88 78% | 2.6k | $53k (exactly $52,774) | Tree Branch Games |
 | The Mosquito Gang | $5.99 | 152 70% | 4.6k | $27k (exactly $27,314) | Space Raccoon Game Studio | |
 | True Disc Golf | $24.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $24k (exactly $23,990) | Sportsmanlike Games | |
 | Star Racer | $9.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Whatnot Games | |
 | Rising Sun - Iron Aces | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Moebius One Games | |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | Mooncall | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kuukkeli Games | |
 | Sky Scramble | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | SpunjLabs | |
 | P.A.N.D.A. | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Blitzwood | |
 | LAW 56 | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Willow Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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