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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Quick-Time Events game?
Local Multiplayer + Quick-Time Events
Only 19 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Quick-Time Events 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, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,525) |
| Top 5% | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Quick-Time Events
- 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, Quick-Time Events; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, PvP
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Funny, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,713 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan 2019 · $5.5M 
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 · $5.2M 
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC 2025 · $624k 
Prison Life 2 2023 · $28k 
SGS Halls of Montezuma 2021 · $26k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan | older | $19.99 | 9,244 76% | 277k | $5.5M (exactly $5,543,627) | Supermassive Games |
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
| | PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC | $29.99 | 694 90% | 21k | $624k (exactly $624,392) | NOW PRODUCTION Co., Ltd. | |
| | Prison Life 2 | older | $4.99 | 188 77% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $28,144) | AO Games |
| | SGS Halls of Montezuma | older | $24.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $26k (exactly $26,240) | The Strategy Game Studio |
 | Monster Meals | $6.99 | 79 98% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | Giant Warrior Studio | |
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 | どきどきシャッターチャンス～恋のパズルを組み立てて♡～ | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft… (Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft beta, Inc.) | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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