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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Time Attack game?

Local Multiplayer + Time Attack

Only 5 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Time Attack 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, SNOW BROS. 2 SPECIAL, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.0k against a market of $480. 4 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 8.5 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 4 announced, ×4.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Local Multiplayer + Time Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 5

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Local Multiplayer + Time Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 5
Bottom 30% $4.0k (exactly $3,957)
Median $4.0k (exactly $4,047)
Top 25% $18k (exactly $17,515)
Top 5% $84k (exactly $83,976)
Developers, 2 yr 5
Released games 46
Announced 4
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $11.99

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 75% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Time Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Local Multiplayer, Time Attack
Price point
$11.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 20,293 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $4.0k, median $4.0k, 1 in 4 over $17k, 1 in 20 over $83k.

3 in 10 developers made under $4.0k. 4 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Trackmania United Forever older $29.99 2,488 94% 75k $2.2M (exactly $2,238,454) Nadeo
Trackmania® Turbo older $39.99 1,520 66% 46k $1.8M (exactly $1,823,544) Nadeo
TrackMania² Stadium older $9.99 5,340 88% 160k $1.6M (exactly $1,600,398) Nadeo
TrackMania² Canyon older $19.99 1,384 80% 42k $830k (exactly $829,985) Nadeo
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.