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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Tennis game?
Tennis + Local Multiplayer
Only 18 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Tennis 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, Tennis Elbow 4, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×3.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 645% on the market; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) |
| Top 25% | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) |
| Top 5% | $969k (exactly $968,977) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 645% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tennis
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tennis, Local Multiplayer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Co-op, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 1,631 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tennis with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationFair
- + SportsFair
- + ActionFair
- + PvPLong shot
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Local Co-OpDead
- + ArcadeDead
- + PhysicsDead
Comparable games
TopSpin 2K25 2024 · $1.2M 
Tennis Elbow 4 2026 · $969k 
Full Ace Tennis Simulator 2018 · $364k 
Tennis World Tour 2 2020 · $242k 
Pure Badminton 2025 · $194k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | TopSpin 2K25 | older | $19.99 | 2,040 57% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,223,388) | Hangar 13 |
| | Tennis Elbow 4 | $29.99 | 1,077 96% | 32k | $969k (exactly $968,977) | Mana Games | |
| | Full Ace Tennis Simulator | older | $24.99 | 486 90% | 15k | $364k (exactly $364,354) | Galactic Gaming Guild |
| | Tennis World Tour 2 | older | $39.99 | 202 49% | 6.1k | $242k (exactly $242,339) | Big Ant Studios |
| | Pure Badminton | $19.99 | 323 81% | 9.7k | $194k (exactly $193,703) | DS SOFT | |
 | Tennis Elbow Manager 2 | older | $29.99 | 202 91% | 6.1k | $182k (exactly $181,739) | Mana Games |
 | Matchpoint - Tennis Championships | older | $39.99 | 117 70% | 3.5k | $140k (exactly $140,365) | Torus Games |
 | Toasterball | older | $9.99 | 324 96% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $97,103) | Les Crafteurs |
 | Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports | $49.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $51k (exactly $50,990) | Bamtang Games | |
 | Super Sports Blast | older | $24.99 | 59 81% | 1.8k | $44k (exactly $44,232) | Unfinished Pixel |
 | 10S FOREVER | $7.99 | 94 98% | 2.8k | $23k (exactly $22,532) | owch | |
 | Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis: Next! | $29.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Old Skull Games | |
 | Tennis Fighters | $7.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | TDO Games | |
 | TENNISTRONIC | · EA | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Gametheus |
 | Sokker | $2.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Sokpop Collective | |
 | Casual Sport Series: Tennis | $5.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Revulo Games | |
 | Pungo | $3.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | White Eyes Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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