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Should I ship a Split Screen Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Split Screen
Only 12 developers shipped a Split Screen Immersive Sim 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, PowerWash Simulator 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.0k, ×4.0 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $840. Revenue is up 500% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $839 (exactly $839) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 25% | $194k (exactly $193,703) |
| Top 5% | $8.2M (exactly $8,200,968) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 500% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Split Screen
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 12,679 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Time TravelFair
Comparable games
PowerWash Simulator 2 2025 · $8.2M 
Barony 2015 · $7.6M 
THE 4 SINS 2024 · $1.0M 
Barro 2018 · $487k 
Barro F 2020 · $349k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PowerWash Simulator 2 | $24.99 | 10,939 91% | 328k | $8.2M (exactly $8,200,968) | FuturLab | |
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
| | THE 4 SINS | older | $9.99 | 3,377 23% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,087) | 奇门互娱 |
| | Barro | older | $4.99 | 3,253 85% | 98k | $487k (exactly $486,974) | SC Jogos |
| | Barro F | older | $4.99 | 2,329 84% | 70k | $349k (exactly $348,651) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro 2020 | older | $4.99 | 1,932 84% | 58k | $289k (exactly $289,220) | SC Jogos |
 | Together: Moon Escape | $9.99 | 868 90% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,140) | CarlosGameDev | |
 | Pure Badminton | $19.99 | 323 81% | 9.7k | $194k (exactly $193,703) | DS SOFT | |
 | Barro Racing | older | $4.99 | 1,250 83% | 38k | $187k (exactly $187,125) | SC Jogos |
 | ReCharge RC: High Voltage | · EA | $13.99 | 393 95% | 12k | $165k (exactly $164,942) | Hondune Games |
 | Barro F25 | $4.99 | 117 86% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | SC Jogos | |
 | Karting4Fun | $7.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | LukasH | |
 | AI PAINTER: Painting Simulator | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Magic Cat | |
 | F1 Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Gravelix | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Michal Šára | |
 | Racing: Storm Chase | $1.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | ChenZepeng |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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