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Should I ship a Robot Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Robots
Of 37 developers who shipped a Robot Local Multiplayer 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.. 59 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×178 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 59 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,572) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 141 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Robots
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Local Co-Op, PvP
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoon, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,356 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
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Comparable games
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 2024 · $11M 
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015 · $795k 
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball 2015 · $677k 
Iron Saga VS 2025 · $338k 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 | older | $59.99 | 6,225 69% | 187k | $11M (exactly $11,203,132) | SANDLOT |
| | Assault Android Cactus+ | older | $19.99 | 1,325 94% | 40k | $795k (exactly $794,602) | Witch Beam |
| | Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball | older | $9.99 | 2,258 91% | 68k | $677k (exactly $676,723) | Erik Asmussen |
| | Iron Saga VS | $29.99 | 376 79% | 11k | $338k (exactly $338,287) | Gameduchy | |
| | A Robot Named Fight! | older | $12.99 | 796 88% | 24k | $310k (exactly $310,201) | Morningstar Game Studio |
 | The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors | older | $19.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $258k (exactly $257,871) | Winning Entertainment Group Inc. |
 | Death Squared | older | $14.99 | 471 90% | 14k | $212k (exactly $211,809) | SMG Studio |
 | Unspottable | older | $9.99 | 694 89% | 21k | $208k (exactly $207,992) | GrosChevaux |
 | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
 | Boti: Byteland Overclocked | older | $19.99 | 295 68% | 8.9k | $177k (exactly $176,912) | Purple Ray Studio |
 | TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials | $39.99 | 93 78% | 2.8k | $112k (exactly $111,572) | 3DClouds | |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC | $12.99 | 181 95% | 5.4k | $71k (exactly $70,536) | German Bandera | |
 | Super Alloy Crush | · EA | $11.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $70k (exactly $69,782) | Alloy Mushroom |
 | Chaos Faction Legacy Collection | $4.99 | 234 93% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $35,030) | George "EON" Eade | |
 | Gundroid | $11.99 | 54 96% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Kitogoru Games | |
 | Raise Your Tribe | · EA | $9.99 | 57 52% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Primeval Forest Studios |
 | Silicomrades | $10.99 | 43 100% | 1.3k | $14k (exactly $14,177) | Outside the Fox | |
 | Xion Leak | $8.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) | Gentle Beasts Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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