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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Split Screen Flight game?

Flight + Split Screen

Only 3 developers shipped a Split Screen Flight game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: 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.. 22 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.0k against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 6.3 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 22 announced, ×11 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Flight + Split Screen
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr n = 10

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Flight + Split Screen: Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $4.0k (exactly $3,957)
Top 25% $18k (exactly $17,682)
Top 5% $124k (exactly $124,138)
Developers, 4 yr 10
Released games 33
Announced 22
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 100% more developers than the period before.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Split Screen
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Flight, Split Screen
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 7,982 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 4 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $4.0k, 1 in 4 over $17k, 1 in 20 over $120k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 22 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Flight with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair9 devs · median $2.4k · 11 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair9 devs · median $1.3k · 10 announced
  3. + Quick-Time EventsFair9 devs · median $657 · 9 announced
  4. + CatsFair6 devs · median $629 · 10 announced
  5. + Life SimPoor odds12 devs · median $70k · 29 announced
  6. + TradingPoor odds6 devs · median $36k · 21 announced
  7. + MiningPoor odds10 devs · median $35k · 13 announced
  8. + CraftingPoor odds14 devs · median $19k · 57 announced
  9. + Base BuildingPoor odds23 devs · median $17k · 48 announced
  10. + EconomyPoor odds20 devs · median $15k · 45 announced
  11. + RTSPoor odds14 devs · median $15k · 18 announced
  12. + Cold WarPoor odds10 devs · median $11k · 16 announced

All 132 pairs on the Flight page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $2.1M BallisticNG 2018 · $1.0M Sky Rogue 2017 · $635k Dogfight 1942 2012 · $212k Phantom Spark 2024 · $124k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Redout: Enhanced Edition older $19.99 3,438 84% 103k $2.1M (exactly $2,061,769) 34BigThings srl
BallisticNG older $14.99 2,285 95% 69k $1.0M (exactly $1,027,564) Neognosis
Sky Rogue older $19.99 1,059 92% 32k $635k (exactly $635,082) Fractal Phase
Dogfight 1942 older $9.99 706 80% 21k $212k (exactly $211,588) City Interactive
Phantom Spark older $19.99 207 96% 6.2k $124k (exactly $124,138) Ghosts
Wing Breakers older $24.99 78 71% 2.3k $58k (exactly $58,477) Gugila
FLASHOUT 3 older $19.99 55 61% 1.7k $33k (exactly $32,984) Jujubee S.A.
Skydrift Infinity older $9.99 62 69% 1.9k $19k (exactly $18,581) Digital Reality
Star Racer $9.99 59 93% 1.8k $18k (exactly $17,682) Whatnot Games
Lightfield HYPER Edition older $14.99 33 81% 990 $15k (exactly $14,840) Lost in the Garden
Supersonic Bridge Racing $11.99 11 100% 330 $4.0k (exactly $3,957) Stumi Games
Dual Force $3.99 3 100% 90 $359 (exactly $359) Howling Beast Entertainment

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.