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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Time Management game?
Local Multiplayer + Time Management
Of 26 developers who shipped a Local Multiplayer Time Management game 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, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $66k, ×139 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 39 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) |
| Top 5% | $66k (exactly $66,106) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Local Multiplayer, Time Management; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Co-Op, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Family Friendly, Cute, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 1,075 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013 · $1.4M 
No Time to Relax 2019 · $1.0M 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 2024 · $901k 
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2021 · $629k 
SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure 2025 · $232k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cook, Serve, Delicious! | older | $12.99 | 3,713 95% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,956) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
| | No Time to Relax | older | $13.99 | 2,486 92% | 75k | $1.0M (exactly $1,043,374) | Porcelain Fortress |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 | older | $39.99 | 751 79% | 23k | $901k (exactly $900,975) | Winning Streak Games GmbH |
| | WE ARE FOOTBALL | older | $24.99 | 839 75% | 25k | $629k (exactly $628,998) | Winning Streak Games |
| | SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure | $14.99 | 517 70% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | kopiforge | |
 | Let's Cook Together | older | $15.99 | 211 97% | 6.3k | $101k (exactly $101,217) | Yellow Dot |
 | Innchanted | older | $19.99 | 117 84% | 3.5k | $70k (exactly $70,165) | DragonBear Studios |
 | Diner Bros 2 | $14.99 | 147 87% | 4.4k | $66k (exactly $66,106) | JAYFLGAMES | |
 | Cosmo's Quickstop | older | $19.99 | 83 96% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $49,775) | Big Sir Games |
 | Ready, Steady, Ship! | older | $14.99 | 103 66% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $46,319) | Jollybits Games |
 | Tipston Salvage | $16.99 | 80 97% | 2.4k | $41k (exactly $40,776) | Pontus Karlsson | |
 | Party Club | $4.99 | 158 72% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | Lucid11 Interactive | |
 | Monster Meals | $6.99 | 79 98% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | Giant Warrior Studio | |
 | Ritual Party | · EA | $11.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $10k (exactly $10,072) | Hologram Monster |
 | Welcome to Empyreum | $14.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Tapioca Games | |
 | Global Business Tycoon | $12.99 | 14 57% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | Virox Studios | |
 | Chop Chop Together | $8.49 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.3k (exactly $5,349) | Dango Dynamics | |
 | Crop Chronicles | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Guayacan Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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