Games › Local Multiplayer › Local Multiplayer + Supernatural
Should I ship a Supernatural Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Supernatural
Only 10 developers shipped a Supernatural Local Multiplayer game 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, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×10 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $5.1M, ×10908 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Top 25% | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) |
| Top 5% | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 82% positive over 3,055 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Local Multiplayer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HockeyStrong odds
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Action RPGFair
- + Hex GridFair
- + ModernFair
- + WargameFair
- + TennisFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + Football (American)Fair
- + SportsFair
- + RunnerFair
Comparable games
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 · $5.2M 
Exorcist Simulator 2025 · $35k 
A Quiver of Crows 2016 · $12k 
Elsewhere Electric 2025 · $8.2k 
Mad Devils: Damned-finitive Edition 2021 · $4.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
| | Exorcist Simulator | $9.99 | 116 66% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $34,765) | D.M.G.V | |
| | A Quiver of Crows | older | $14.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Sheado.net |
| | Elsewhere Electric | $24.99 | 11 27% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Games by Stitch | |
| | Mad Devils: Damned-finitive Edition | older | $14.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Itzy Interactive Inc. |
 | Where is Billy? | $6.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | Triple Boris Inc., Dodo Tako | |
 | The Skeletons Are Fighting | $9.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | SteamyDev | |
 | Halloween is Crazy as Hell | older | $9.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Ciro Fernandes (Cube Legal) |
 | HE ESCAPED | older | $4.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Manuel I. |
 | VIDEO CHAPEL | $7.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Jonathan Turner | |
 | Witchtower: Spell Siege | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | One Billion Bees | |
 | Beware The Ghost | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Goblinagerie | |
 | Ethereal Storm | · EA | $8.40 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | App.nz |
 | Tab + Notch | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HATCHgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.