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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Metroidvania?
Local Multiplayer + Metroidvania
Only 9 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Metroidvania 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, Isle of Reveries, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.3k against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,891) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $52,174) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 45% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Metroidvania
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Metroidvania
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 10,656 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Guacamelee! Gold Edition 2013 · $1.4M 
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge 2023 · $996k 
Patch Quest 2023 · $925k 
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 2020 · $695k 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Guacamelee! Gold Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,154 93% | 95k | $1.4M (exactly $1,418,354) | Drinkbox Studios |
| | Gal Guardians: Demon Purge | older | $24.99 | 1,329 80% | 40k | $996k (exactly $996,351) | INTI CREATES CO., LTD. |
| | Patch Quest | older | $14.99 | 2,058 94% | 62k | $925k (exactly $925,483) | Lychee Game Labs |
| | Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,546 84% | 46k | $695k (exactly $695,236) | INTI CREATES CO., LTD. |
| | A Robot Named Fight! | older | $12.99 | 796 88% | 24k | $310k (exactly $310,201) | Morningstar Game Studio |
 | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
 | Capsized | older | $9.99 | 593 81% | 18k | $178k (exactly $177,722) | Alientrap |
 | Chariot | older | $14.99 | 309 81% | 9.3k | $139k (exactly $138,957) | Frima Studio |
 | River City: Rival Showdown | older | $24.99 | 182 54% | 5.5k | $136k (exactly $136,445) | Arc System Works |
 | Retro Game Crunch | older | $9.99 | 280 82% | 8.4k | $84k (exactly $83,916) | Rusty Moyher, Shaun Inman, Matt Grimm |
 | Isle of Reveries | $19.99 | 87 91% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | desertcucco | |
 | Anima Flux | $19.99 | 69 78% | 2.1k | $41k (exactly $41,379) | Avantaj Prim | |
 | Disney Illusion Island Starring Mickey and Friends | $29.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | Dlala Studios | |
 | Q2 HUMANITY | $8.99 | 56 89% | 1.7k | $15k (exactly $15,103) | liica, Inc. | |
 | Yarn Guardians | $14.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | pentapaw studios | |
 | Kingdoms And Slaves | $6.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | TGM | |
 | Shrine Of The Forest God | $2.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Dustin. | |
 | Horde of Viscount | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Swiggins Studios | |
 | Bitvania | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BITTRON STUDIOS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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