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Should I ship a Pirate Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Pirates
Only 7 developers shipped a Pirate Local Multiplayer 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, Chaos Faction Legacy Collection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,081) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,030) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Pirates
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 5,174 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
One Piece Burning Blood 2016 · $5.6M 
Shipped 2019 · $175k 
Trash Sailors: Co-Op Trash Raft Simulator 2021 · $112k 
Paper Pirates 2020 · $45k 
Chaos Faction Legacy Collection 2025 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | One Piece Burning Blood | older | $49.99 | 3,751 81% | 113k | $5.6M (exactly $5,625,375) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | Shipped | older | $9.99 | 584 96% | 18k | $175k (exactly $175,025) | Majorariatto |
| | Trash Sailors: Co-Op Trash Raft Simulator | older | $19.99 | 187 67% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $112,144) | fluckyMachine |
| | Paper Pirates | older | $12.99 | 115 91% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Iteration Games |
| | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | Curse of the Sea Rats | older | $9.99 | 104 56% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $31,169) | Petoons Studio |
 | Skyhook | older | $7.99 | 109 81% | 3.3k | $26k (exactly $26,127) | Megastorm Games |
 | Golden Force | older | $14.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Storybird Studio |
 | Buccaneers Shipshape | $12.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $12k (exactly $12,081) | Merso Entertainment | |
 | Assassins vs Pirates | older | $7.99 | 30 50% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | DEADBIT |
 | Blackbeard's Treasure | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Hentai Senpai: Pirates! 2 | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Kink Master Studios | |
 | Line of Fire - Pirate Waltz | · EA | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ige Olwen |
 | Tennis Antics | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Pure Entertainment | |
 | Skull Port | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GD Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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