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Should I ship a Split Screen Logic game?

Split Screen + Logic

Only 17 developers shipped a Split Screen Logic 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, Lost Twins 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 10% on the market, 14 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Split Screen + Logic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 17
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $119 → $9.0k → $0 → $599 → $0 (still earning) → $449 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Split Screen + Logic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 17
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $898 (exactly $898)
Top 5% $21k (exactly $20,686)
Developers, 2 yr 17
Released games 43
Announced 14
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 10% on the market, supply 15% more 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.

Split Screen
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Logic
effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Split Screen, Logic; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Local Co-Op, Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Family Friendly
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 242 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $360, 1 in 4 over $890, 1 in 20 over $20k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Automobile SimStrong odds25 devs · median $5.5k · 14 announced
  2. + DrivingFair54 devs · median $6.0k · 56 announced
  3. + Immersive SimFair12 devs · median $6.0k · 14 announced
  4. + HorrorFair16 devs · median $4.3k · 18 announced
  5. + SportsFair58 devs · median $4.0k · 52 announced
  6. + RPGFair28 devs · median $450 · 31 announced
  7. + Score AttackLong shot23 devs · median $300 · 24 announced
  8. + CollectathonPoor odds10 devs · median $38k · 16 announced
  9. + Online Co-OpPoor odds30 devs · median $25k · 63 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds15 devs · median $18k · 20 announced
  11. + Open WorldPoor odds20 devs · median $10k · 27 announced
  12. + Tower DefensePoor odds8 devs · median $7.9k · 10 announced

All 84 pairs on the Split Screen page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

THE 4 SINS 2024 · $1.0M Lost Twins 2 2025 · $21k Super Markup Man 2016 · $18k Semispheres 2017 · $14k Schlag den Star - Das 3. Spiel 2023 · $9.9k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
THE 4 SINS older $9.99 3,377 23% 101k $1.0M (exactly $1,012,087) 奇门互娱
Lost Twins 2 $14.99 46 86% 1.4k $21k (exactly $20,686) Playdew
Super Markup Man older $4.99 120 81% 3.6k $18k (exactly $17,964) Roppy Chop Studios
Semispheres older $9.99 48 91% 1.4k $14k (exactly $14,386) Vivid Helix
Schlag den Star - Das 3. Spiel older $29.99 11 9% 330 $9.9k (exactly $9,897) Twigames Inc.
PathBlasters older $11.99 25 92% 750 $9.0k (exactly $8,992) Sine Coda
Falling Face Fragments $1.99 140 95% 4.2k $8.4k (exactly $8,358) AshumArcade
Army To Army older $24.99 9 55% 270 $6.7k (exactly $6,747) Piece Of Voxel
Alien Extraction older $7.99 16 87% 480 $3.8k (exactly $3,835) Crooks Peak
UnPlugged $5.99 20 75% 600 $3.6k (exactly $3,594) DemonLabs Interactive
Delta Vector - Turn Based Racing $3.99 12 83% 360 $1.4k (exactly $1,436) Felipe Pechmann
Pastimes $4.99 6 100% 180 $898 (exactly $898) Kaal
Bring The Rift $3.99 6 100% 180 $718 (exactly $718) YukiShiroDev
Not Not 2 - A Brain Challenge $4.99 4 100% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Alt Shift
Tetro Battle $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Marcos Palavecino, Brian Paspatis
Dependium $2.99 4 100% 120 $359 (exactly $359) Spectrum Forged Studios
Math Party Fezgugel $0.99 1 0% 30 $30 (exactly $30) Fezgugel

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