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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Local Multiplayer
Only 8 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Hero Shooter 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, Dirtnap, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 5% | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 119 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Bloodbound: Vampire Hunters 2023 · EA · $8.1k 
ATTACK OF THE EVIL POOP 2019 · $7.2k 
Jack Walker: Ethereal 2020 · EA · $6.0k 
Dirtnap 2026 · EA · $4.6k 
Warriors Of Titus 2018 · $3.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bloodbound: Vampire Hunters | · EA older | $14.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | Sketchy Realms |
| | ATTACK OF THE EVIL POOP | older | $7.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | AN Games |
| | Jack Walker: Ethereal | · EA older | $39.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | ROG STUDIOS |
| | Dirtnap | · EA | $7.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitr… (Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitroyale) |
| | Warriors Of Titus | older | $19.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Martin Kutlak |
 | Knights & Guns | older | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Baltoro Games |
 | Apocalypse: Floodgates | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | RetroRave, LLC |
 | Bombardier | older | $6.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Studio Squid Inc |
 | Sector Sweep | · EA older | $2.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Moonlit S.A. |
 | Twin Stick Heroes | older | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Franklin Burnett, Ronald Burnett |
 | 2KXX | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | STUDIO 185 | |
 | Dude The Dark Agent | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ismail ozel games | |
 | Flip Crystal League | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Judox Studio | |
 | Alive 2 | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Darkage Software | |
 | Guerilla Cubes | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FrameOneBros Inc. | |
 | Gosh Jam It | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HighNoon Studios | |
 | Brawlzerker | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BluSheep |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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