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Should I ship a Space Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Space
Of 63 developers who shipped a Space 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.. 89 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $84k, ×135 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 89 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) |
| Top 5% | $85k (exactly $84,572) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 283 |
| Announced | 89 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 25% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Space
- 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, Arcade, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,416 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. Nearly all of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga 2009 · $12M 
Awesomenauts 2012 · $7.1M 
LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham 2014 · $4.5M 
Terraforming Mars 2018 · $3.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga | older | $19.99 | 20,768 96% | 623k | $12M (exactly $12,454,570) | Traveller's Tales |
| | Awesomenauts | older | $19.99 | 11,822 84% | 355k | $7.1M (exactly $7,089,653) | Ronimo Games |
| | LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham | older | $19.99 | 7,521 88% | 226k | $4.5M (exactly $4,510,344) | TT Games Ltd |
| | Terraforming Mars | older | $19.99 | 5,194 71% | 156k | $3.1M (exactly $3,114,842) | Artefacts Studio |
 | LEGO® STAR WARS™: The Force Awakens | older | $19.99 | 4,131 81% | 124k | $2.5M (exactly $2,477,361) | Traveller's Tales, TT Games, Feral Inte… (Traveller's Tales, TT Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
 | Heavenly Bodies | older | $19.99 | 3,741 95% | 112k | $2.2M (exactly $2,243,478) | 2pt Interactive |
 | We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie | older | $29.99 | 2,194 95% | 66k | $2.0M (exactly $1,973,942) | MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd. |
 | Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime | older | $14.99 | 3,368 93% | 101k | $1.5M (exactly $1,514,590) | Asteroid Base |
 | Star Control®: Origins | older | $19.99 | 2,067 74% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,239,580) | Stardock Entertainment |
 | Together: Moon Escape | $9.99 | 868 90% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,140) | CarlosGameDev | |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (Classic) | $9.99 | 439 74% | 13k | $132k (exactly $131,568) | Kuju Entertainment | |
 | Lumberjacked | $4.99 | 647 83% | 19k | $97k (exactly $96,856) | Inner Realm Studios, Dumb Duck Games | |
 | Monopoly: Star Wars™ Heroes vs. Villains | $29.99 | 94 39% | 2.8k | $85k (exactly $84,572) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. | |
 | Truxton Extreme | $24.99 | 93 95% | 2.8k | $70k (exactly $69,722) | Tatsujin | |
 | Asterogues | $14.99 | 83 90% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $37,325) | pipotchi600 | |
 | Star Racer | $9.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Whatnot Games | |
 | Servonauts | $14.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | MAXART Games | |
 | Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾 | $6.99 | 59 100% | 1.8k | $12k (exactly $12,372) | Dot blood | |
 | Bop It! The Video Game | $7.99 | 35 94% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | Alliance |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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