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Should I ship a Military Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Military
Of 31 developers who shipped a Military Local Multiplayer 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.. 33 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×348 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 33 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 5% | $218k (exactly $218,345) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 123 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 65% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Combat, Simulation, Wargame
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.95 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.95 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 1,640 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Local Multiplayer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Action RPGFair
- + Hex GridFair
- + ModernFair
- + WargameFair
- + TennisFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + Football (American)Fair
- + SportsFair
- + RunnerFair
Comparable games
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 2014 · $18M 
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 2024 · $11M 
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit 2018 · $4.5M 
Axis & Allies 1942 Online 2021 · $2.9M 
HARDCORE MECHA 2019 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition | older | $24.99 | 23,349 86% | 700k | $18M (exactly $17,504,745) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| | EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 | older | $59.99 | 6,225 69% | 187k | $11M (exactly $11,203,132) | SANDLOT |
| | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit | older | $39.99 | 3,754 92% | 113k | $4.5M (exactly $4,503,674) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | Axis & Allies 1942 Online | older | $19.99 | 4,810 78% | 144k | $2.9M (exactly $2,884,557) | Beamdog |
| | HARDCORE MECHA | older | $19.99 | 2,331 83% | 70k | $1.4M (exactly $1,397,901) | RocketPunch Games |
 | Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour | older | $6.96 | 6,131 91% | 184k | $1.3M (exactly $1,280,153) | EA Pacific |
 | Combat Mission Shock Force 2 | older | $59.99 | 624 80% | 19k | $1.1M (exactly $1,123,013) | Battlefront |
 | Combat Mission Black Sea | older | $59.99 | 422 81% | 13k | $759k (exactly $759,473) | Battlefront |
 | Rogue Point | $19.99 | 940 63% | 28k | $564k (exactly $563,718) | Crowbar Collective | |
 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit | older | $29.99 | 570 84% | 17k | $513k (exactly $512,829) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | Tour de France 2025 | $39.99 | 182 77% | 5.5k | $218k (exactly $218,345) | Cyanide Studio | |
 | F-22: Air Dominance Fighter | $19.99 | 138 91% | 4.1k | $83k (exactly $82,759) | Digital Image Design Ltd. | |
 | UNDER DEFEAT | $19.99 | 81 95% | 2.4k | $49k (exactly $48,576) | CITY CONNECTION, TAKE×0FF | |
 | Spy Drops | $14.99 | 93 63% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $41,822) | Rainy Night Creations | |
 | Headquarters: Cold War | $29.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | Starni Games | |
 | Sword & Siege Crusades: Book I | $39.95 | 19 100% | 570 | $23k (exactly $22,772) | Wargame Design Studio | |
 | Hand Simulator: Shooter | · EA | $2.99 | 134 46% | 4.0k | $12k (exactly $12,020) | HFM Games |
 | American Revolutionary War | $39.95 | 9 100% | 270 | $11k (exactly $10,786) | Wargame Design Studio | |
 | Sword & Siege Age of Longbow: Volume I | $39.95 | 7 100% | 210 | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | Wargame Design Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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