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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Inventory Management game?

Local Multiplayer + Inventory Management

Only 9 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Inventory Management game 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, Dooms Hair Salon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 155% on the market, 12 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Local Multiplayer + Inventory Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 9

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Local Multiplayer + Inventory Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 9
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $4.5k (exactly $4,491)
Top 5% $40k (exactly $40,160)
Developers, 2 yr 9
Released games 25
Announced 12
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 155% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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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.

Local Multiplayer
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Inventory Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Local Multiplayer, Inventory Management
Price point
$7.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,268 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $720, 1 in 4 over $4.4k, 1 in 20 over $40k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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  4. + Hex GridFair12 devs · median $4.5k · 14 announced
  5. + ModernFair24 devs · median $3.6k · 16 announced
  6. + WargameFair28 devs · median $3.0k · 28 announced
  7. + TennisFair18 devs · median $2.3k · 10 announced
  8. + Point & ClickFair14 devs · median $2.0k · 8 announced
  9. + Artificial IntelligenceFair26 devs · median $1.8k · 27 announced
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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

RiMS Racing 2021 · $612k Wilmot's Warehouse 2019 · $237k Dooms Hair Salon 2025 · $40k True Disc Golf 2026 · $24k Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック 2015 · $18k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
RiMS Racing older $49.99 408 65% 12k $612k (exactly $611,878) Nacon Studio Milan
Wilmot's Warehouse older $14.99 526 96% 16k $237k (exactly $236,542) Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg
Dooms Hair Salon $9.99 134 89% 4.0k $40k (exactly $40,160) Slimebox
True Disc Golf $24.99 32 90% 960 $24k (exactly $23,990) Sportsmanlike Games
Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック older $7.99 77 77% 2.3k $18k (exactly $18,457) KaleidoGames
Mini Madness older $9.99 18 66% 540 $5.4k (exactly $5,395) D6 TEAM
Marshals of Yore $4.99 30 90% 900 $4.5k (exactly $4,491) One Man Horde
Legends of Pixelia older $4.99 24 95% 720 $3.6k (exactly $3,593) SimaGames
Elven Magic: The Witch, The Elf & The Fairy older $18.00 6 33% 180 $3.2k (exactly $3,240) Daniel Chay
Voxelotl Garden older $4.99 13 76% 390 $1.9k (exactly $1,946) ThunderAwesome, GingerLoaf, Angevil
Iron Legacy · EA $9.99 3 100% 90 $899 (exactly $899) Static Fluid
Card Maker Simulator $7.99 3 100% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Níkolas Santos
Ping Pong Deluxe $2.99 7 100% 210 $628 (exactly $628) Tschutscha Games
Deflect $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) AlzKrak Games
Final Stand $0.99 3 66% 90 $89 (exactly $89) Richat Studio
Rulers of Cospaia · EA $9.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) ZanzoDev

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