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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Mini Golf game?
Local Multiplayer + Mini Golf
Only 6 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Mini Golf 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, Up to Par, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×6.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $29k, ×62 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) |
| Top 5% | $29k (exactly $29,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Mini Golf
- 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, Mini Golf
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $6.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 76,641 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.8k. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Golf It! 2023 · $6.7M 
Worms Crazy Golf 2011 · $122k 
Mad Tracks 2020 · $75k 
Infinite Minigolf 2017 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Golf With Your Friends | older | $14.99 | 50,748 88% | 1.5M | $23M (exactly $22,821,376) | Blacklight Interactive, Team17 |
| | Golf It! | older | $8.99 | 24,695 90% | 741k | $6.7M (exactly $6,660,242) | Perfuse Entertainment |
| | Worms Crazy Golf | older | $9.99 | 407 82% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,978) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| | Mad Tracks | older | $9.99 | 250 90% | 7.5k | $75k (exactly $74,925) | Loadinc Entertainment |
| | Infinite Minigolf | older | $14.99 | 113 72% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | Zen Studios |
 | Dungeon Golf | older | $16.99 | 79 81% | 2.4k | $40k (exactly $40,266) | Ant Workshop Ltd |
 | 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures | older | $9.99 | 117 70% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | Wanako Games |
 | Vertiginous Golf | older | $9.99 | 113 62% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,866) | Kinelco & Lone Elk Creative |
 | Party Golf | older | $14.99 | 70 80% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,479) | Giant Margarita |
 | Up to Par | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | It's Anecdotal | |
 | Golftacular! | $5.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | Both Good | |
 | Mulligans Golf Game | · EA | $12.49 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Indie Andy Games |
 | ROGOLF | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Seabird Interactive | |
 | Disc Golf | $6.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Charles De Yoe | |
 | Disco | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Aspect Digital Software Ltd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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