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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Minigames game?
Local Multiplayer + Minigames
Of 26 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Minigames 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.. 40 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.2k, ×15 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $4.1M, ×8709 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 40 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,143) |
| Top 5% | $4.1M (exactly $4,136,731) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 79 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Minigames; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Co-Op, Action
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cartoony, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 15,436 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.7k. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
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It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
UFO 50 2024 · $5.3M 
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted 2025 · $4.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | UFO 50 | $24.99 | 7,134 94% | 214k | $5.3M (exactly $5,348,360) | Mossmouth | |
| | Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted | $19.99 | 6,898 66% | 207k | $4.1M (exactly $4,136,731) | PopCap Games, The Lost Pixels | |
 | Party Panic | older | $16.99 | 2,886 76% | 87k | $1.5M (exactly $1,470,994) | Everglow Interactive Inc. |
 | Trials Evolution: Gold Edition | older | $19.99 | 2,253 74% | 68k | $1.4M (exactly $1,351,124) | Redlynx Ltd, Ubisoft Shanghaï |
 | LEGO® Party! | $39.99 | 1,112 87% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) | SMG Studio | |
 | My Singing Monsters Playground | older | $39.99 | 263 82% | 7.9k | $316k (exactly $315,521) | Big Blue Bubble |
 | Takelings House Party | · EA older | $19.99 | 305 79% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | DimnHouse |
 | Barbie Project Friendship™ | $39.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $49k (exactly $49,188) | Xaloc Studios, Casual Brothers Ltd. | |
 | Bratz® Rhythm & Style | $39.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $36k (exactly $35,991) | Recotechnology S.L. | |
 | Judofuri | $14.99 | 80 100% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | pataya | |
 | Dino Party | $11.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $20k (exactly $20,143) | Studio Nachtwerk | |
 | PAW Patrol™: Dino World | $39.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $17k (exactly $16,796) | 3DClouds | |
 | Roombattle | $7.49 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $13k (exactly $12,808) | Dust Games | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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