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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Western Local Multiplayer game?

Local Multiplayer + Western

Only 6 developers shipped a Western 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, Bonesaw, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 11 announced, ×11 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Local Multiplayer + Western
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 6

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Local Multiplayer + Western: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 6
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $1.3k (exactly $1,347)
Top 5% $36k (exactly $35,764)
Developers, 2 yr 6
Released games 26
Announced 11
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.66

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 80% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, 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
Western
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Local Multiplayer
Price point
$6.66 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,604 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $600, 1 in 4 over $1.3k, 1 in 20 over $35k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Local Multiplayer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + HockeyStrong odds11 devs · median $3.0k · 12 announced
  2. + Female ProtagonistFair61 devs · median $5.8k · 64 announced
  3. + Action RPGFair43 devs · median $5.5k · 56 announced
  4. + Hex GridFair12 devs · median $4.5k · 14 announced
  5. + ModernFair24 devs · median $3.6k · 16 announced
  6. + WargameFair28 devs · median $3.0k · 28 announced
  7. + TennisFair18 devs · median $2.3k · 10 announced
  8. + Point & ClickFair14 devs · median $2.0k · 8 announced
  9. + Artificial IntelligenceFair26 devs · median $1.8k · 27 announced
  10. + Football (American)Fair13 devs · median $1.8k · 4 announced
  11. + SportsFair196 devs · median $1.6k · 208 announced
  12. + RunnerFair23 devs · median $1.3k · 30 announced

All 174 pairs on the Local Multiplayer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Westerado: Double Barreled 2015 · $630k Wild Guns Reloaded 2017 · $196k Bombslinger 2018 · $44k A Fistful of Gun 2015 · $41k Bonesaw 2025 · $36k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Westerado: Double Barreled older $14.99 1,400 92% 42k $630k (exactly $629,580) Ostrich Banditos
Wild Guns Reloaded older $14.99 435 88% 13k $196k (exactly $195,620) NatsumeAtari
Bombslinger older $11.99 121 78% 3.6k $44k (exactly $43,524) Mode4
A Fistful of Gun older $9.99 137 59% 4.1k $41k (exactly $41,059) FarmerGnome
Bonesaw $6.66 179 89% 5.4k $36k (exactly $35,764) Blood Pact Studios
Thief Town older $7.99 103 78% 3.1k $25k (exactly $24,689) Rude Ghost
Western Press older $4.99 96 81% 2.9k $14k (exactly $14,371) Bandit-1
Projectile Dysfunction · EA older $3.99 38 65% 1.1k $4.5k (exactly $4,549) Tuckfard Games
Clickdraw Clicker older $0.99 81 56% 2.4k $2.4k (exactly $2,406) ColloseusX
QUICKDRAW older $3.99 14 92% 420 $1.7k (exactly $1,676) Fantasma Collective
Ricochet Rodeo $4.99 9 88% 270 $1.3k (exactly $1,347) Echidna Studios
Standoff Beat $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Sketchy Corner Studios
Super Shootout $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Super Moon Games
Art Spotting Co-op $2.99 1 100% 30 $90 (exactly $90) Musabiza
Gosh Jam It $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) HighNoon Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.