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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Point & Click game?
Local Multiplayer + Point & Click
Only 14 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Point & Click 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, Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.0k, ×4.2 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 180% on the market; 8 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,946) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,596) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 180% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Point & Click
- 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, Point & Click
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 133 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
The Past Within 2022 · $2.6M 
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019 · $1.8M 
The Cave 2013 · $1.1M 
Adorables 2016 · $452k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 2021 · $165k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Past Within | older | $5.99 | 14,673 94% | 440k | $2.6M (exactly $2,636,738) | Rusty Lake |
| | Tick Tock: A Tale for Two | older | $5.99 | 10,006 85% | 300k | $1.8M (exactly $1,798,078) | Other Tales Interactive |
| | The Cave | older | $14.99 | 2,483 87% | 74k | $1.1M (exactly $1,116,605) | Double Fine Productions |
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | older | $19.99 | 275 53% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) |
 | Fort Boyard | older | $24.99 | 41 53% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Appeal Studio |
 | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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