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Should I ship a Futuristic Split Screen game?
Split Screen + Futuristic
Of 21 developers who shipped a Futuristic 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.. 29 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 $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×178 the market median. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 29 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,572) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 73 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 170% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Futuristic
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Racing, Arcade, Combat Racing
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 3D, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,257 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 10 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.
- + 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
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M 
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024 · $7.5M 
Distance 2018 · $4.4M 
GRIP: Combat Racing 2018 · $3.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | older | $59.99 | 157,694 88% | 4.7M | $284M (exactly $283,801,892) | Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | The Ascent | older | $29.99 | 19,235 74% | 577k | $17M (exactly $17,305,730) | Neon Giant |
| | STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | older | $35.01 | 7,125 23% | 214k | $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) | Aspyr |
| | Distance | older | $24.99 | 5,832 93% | 175k | $4.4M (exactly $4,372,250) | Refract |
| | GRIP: Combat Racing | older | $29.99 | 3,669 86% | 110k | $3.3M (exactly $3,300,999) | Caged Element |
 | Screamer | $59.99 | 1,039 80% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,869,888) | Milestone S.r.l. | |
 | 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 |
 | ExoCross | older | $19.99 | 437 68% | 13k | $262k (exactly $262,069) | iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, iRa… (iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, iRacing) |
 | マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年 | older | $19.99 | 249 85% | 7.5k | $149k (exactly $149,325) | 213℉ |
 | TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials | $39.99 | 93 78% | 2.8k | $112k (exactly $111,572) | 3DClouds | |
 | Star Racer | $9.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Whatnot Games | |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | TENNISTRONIC | · EA | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Gametheus |
 | RollCats | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Hoglet Interactive | |
 | Catch Flex | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Vilegacy | |
 | Hover REV Hispeed Burst | $10.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | JKK_WORKS | |
 | Velocide Overdrive | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | NoxRift Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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