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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Space Sim?
Space Sim + Local Multiplayer
Only 7 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Space Sim 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, Let's Build Wonders: Galaxy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 145 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 13 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
BARK 2021 · $12k 
Detached: Non-VR Edition 2018 · $8.5k 
Undercrewed 2019 · EA · $6.1k 
Rover Wars 2020 · $5.0k 
LineVox 2020 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BARK | older | $9.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Tic Toc Games |
| | Detached: Non-VR Edition | older | $14.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Anshar Studios |
| | Undercrewed | · EA older | $11.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $6.1k (exactly $6,115) | David Strachan, Dex Cimino |
| | Rover Wars | older | $6.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $5.0k (exactly $5,033) | Sakari Games |
| | LineVox | older | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | FPVSIM Drone Simulator | older | $8.99 | 12 16% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | fpvsim.com |
 | ANIQUILATION | older | $24.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | R-Next |
 | Gladihaters | · EA older | $11.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Aden Interactive |
 | Let's Build Wonders: Galaxy | $6.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Sunjoy Meta | |
 | Cygnus Pizza Race | older | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Longplay Games |
 | ASTROSMASH 1981 | $4.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | BBG Entertainment GmbH | |
 | Rakete | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mario von Rickenbach | |
 | Planet Strike | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DanboruStudio | |
 | Hustle Together | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Andrew Kane | |
 | Geospatial Exploration - Explore the real world in 3D and VR | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Boemien | |
 | Reactor Critical | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Terran Future Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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