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Should I ship an Underground Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + Underground
Only 10 developers shipped an Underground 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, Elsewhere Electric, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 515% on the market; 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.49 |
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 515% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Underground
- 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
- $5.49 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 73% positive over 61 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Super Motherload 2014 · $353k 
Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing 2024 · EA · $94k 
Golazo! 2 2022 · $49k 
Fossil Hunters 2018 · $21k 
holedown 2020 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Super Motherload | older | $14.99 | 784 77% | 24k | $353k (exactly $352,565) | XGen Studios |
| | Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 52% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Luvseatshawty |
| | Golazo! 2 | older | $14.99 | 109 77% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Purple Tree S R L |
| | Fossil Hunters | older | $14.99 | 47 74% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Reptoid Games |
| | holedown | older | $9.99 | 54 85% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | grapefrukt games |
 | Elsewhere Electric | $24.99 | 11 27% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Games by Stitch | |
 | Beneath The Earth - Backrooms | older | $14.99 | 17 17% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | AI Gaming Dev |
 | Jelly Troops | $8.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | Nukenin | |
 | Grapplers: Relic Rivals | older | $13.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.0k (exactly $5,036) | Ally Productions LLC |
 | UrbanRail Metro Simulator | · EA | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | UrbanDeveloper |
 | RaceWorms | $5.49 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Team Zandt | |
 | Grave Stakes | · EA | $2.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Wild West Games |
 | Mineshaft | · EA | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Z Sculpt Entertainment |
 | Moondrills | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | QnQ Games | |
 | Hell Loop | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Tuncay Ayanoglu | |
 | Traxion 2 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Play With Fire UG | |
 | Rabbit vs Mole | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Atrox Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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