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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Souls-like?
Souls-like + Local Multiplayer
Only 7 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Souls-like 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, BLEACH Rebirth of Souls, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $28k against a market of $1.5k. 22 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
|---|---|
| Median | $28k (exactly $27,891) |
| Top 25% | $97k (exactly $96,856) |
| Top 5% | $8.7M (exactly $8,694,351) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 36,241 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.0k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
BLEACH Rebirth of Souls 2025 · $8.7M 
PICO PARK 2021 · $3.6M 
SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER 2021 · $438k 
Abathor 2024 · $149k 
PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay 2020 · $122k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BLEACH Rebirth of Souls | $59.99 | 4,831 68% | 145k | $8.7M (exactly $8,694,351) | TAMSOFT CORPORATION | |
| | PICO PARK | older | $4.99 | 23,751 91% | 713k | $3.6M (exactly $3,555,525) | TECOPARK |
| | SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER | older | $2.99 | 4,888 96% | 147k | $438k (exactly $438,454) | Sewer Cat, Heavy Sheep |
| | Abathor | older | $14.99 | 331 89% | 9.9k | $149k (exactly $148,851) | Pow Pixel Games |
| | PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay | older | $29.99 | 136 72% | 4.1k | $122k (exactly $122,359) | DRAKHAR STUDIO |
 | Lumberjacked | $4.99 | 647 83% | 19k | $97k (exactly $96,856) | Inner Realm Studios, Dumb Duck Games | |
 | Watcher Chronicles | older | $19.99 | 138 84% | 4.1k | $83k (exactly $82,759) | Third Sphere Game Studios |
 | StormEdge | older | $14.99 | 165 67% | 5.0k | $74k (exactly $74,200) | Shieldbreaking Games |
 | Sex With Friends | $4.99 | 236 94% | 7.1k | $35k (exactly $35,329) | B-Team | |
 | Fireboy & Watergirl: Elements | older | $0.99 | 1,118 85% | 34k | $33k (exactly $33,205) | Oslo Albet |
 | Slime Heroes | $29.99 | 31 67% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | Pancake Games | |
 | Go | $7.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | Kingdoms And Slaves | $6.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | TGM | |
 | Chinese Chess - Xiangqi | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | 67 Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | close2 Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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