Games › Turn-Based › Turn-Based + Local Multiplayer
Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Local Multiplayer
Only 8 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer Turn-Based 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, The Conquest of Go, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $630. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,211) |
| Top 5% | $261k (exactly $261,276) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 125 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 140% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- 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
- Turn-Based, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 81,394 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Worms W.M.D 2016 · $9.4M 
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition 2015 · $9.1M 
Richman10 2019 · $4.9M 
Worms Armageddon 2013 · $3.5M 
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword 2007 · $3.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Worms W.M.D | older | $29.99 | 10,435 85% | 313k | $9.4M (exactly $9,388,370) | Team17 |
| | Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition | older | $14.99 | 20,127 79% | 604k | $9.1M (exactly $9,051,112) | Dotemu |
| | Richman10 | older | $13.99 | 11,677 51% | 350k | $4.9M (exactly $4,900,837) | Softstar Technology (Beijing) Co.,Ltd |
| | Worms Armageddon | older | $14.99 | 7,851 94% | 236k | $3.5M (exactly $3,530,595) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| | Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword | older | $29.99 | 3,888 96% | 117k | $3.5M (exactly $3,498,034) | Firaxis Games |
 | Terraforming Mars | older | $19.99 | 5,194 71% | 156k | $3.1M (exactly $3,114,842) | Artefacts Studio |
 | Football, Tactics & Glory | older | $24.99 | 3,998 87% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $2,997,301) | Creoteam |
 | Might & Magic: Heroes VI | older | $9.99 | 8,545 47% | 256k | $2.6M (exactly $2,560,936) | Blackhole |
 | Worms Revolution | older | $14.99 | 5,664 86% | 170k | $2.5M (exactly $2,547,101) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Wargroove | older | $19.99 | 4,015 83% | 120k | $2.4M (exactly $2,407,796) | Chucklefish |
 | The Conquest of Go | $14.99 | 581 94% | 17k | $261k (exactly $261,276) | Wolfey Studios | |
 | Fortune Avenue | · EA | $6.99 | 63 84% | 1.9k | $13k (exactly $13,211) | Binogure Studio 🐺 |
 | Warbits+ | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Risky Lab Inc | |
 | Boardquest: Tales of Liria | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Ramezware SL | |
 | Death and Ladders | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Lema Games | |
 | Puzzle Cottage | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Adib Boutros | |
 | Tic Tac Rogue | · EA | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Pixel Flight Games |
 | Dice Battle: 3D Board Game | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
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.