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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Local Multiplayer
Of 23 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Spectacle fighter 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.. 39 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $160; 1 in 20 cleared $8.8M, ×5928 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 39 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $158 (exactly $158) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,215) |
| Top 5% | $8.9M (exactly $8,879,720) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 93 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- 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
- Spectacle fighter, Local Multiplayer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Fighting
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, 2.5D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 58,951 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $160. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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