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Should I ship a Medieval Split Screen game?
Split Screen + Medieval
Only 12 developers shipped a Medieval Split Screen 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, DunHero, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×228 the market median. Revenue is up 380% on the market; 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 380% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 666 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SportsFair
- + RPGFair
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ 2017 · $1.3M 
Rock of Ages 2011 · $1.0M 
CastleStorm 2013 · $378k 
The Last Oricru - Final Cut 2022 · $334k 
The First Templar - Steam Special Edition 2011 · $163k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ | older | $14.99 | 2,792 90% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,255,562) | ACE Team |
| | Rock of Ages | older | $9.99 | 3,364 92% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,191) | ACE Team |
| | CastleStorm | older | $9.99 | 1,262 89% | 38k | $378k (exactly $378,221) | Zen Studios |
| | The Last Oricru - Final Cut | older | $19.99 | 557 67% | 17k | $334k (exactly $334,033) | GoldKnights |
| | The First Templar - Steam Special Edition | older | $9.99 | 543 73% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Haemimont Games |
 | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
 | Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons | older | $9.99 | 366 90% | 11k | $110k (exactly $109,690) | @unepic_fran |
 | Strikers Edge | older | $14.99 | 85 70% | 2.6k | $38k (exactly $38,224) | Fun Punch Games |
 | King 'n Knight | older | $11.99 | 99 85% | 3.0k | $36k (exactly $35,610) | Jérémy Entressangle |
 | Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection | $24.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $28k (exactly $28,489) | Grimorio of Games | |
 | Animosity | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Red River Studio | |
 | Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon ~The Appraiser-Shopkeeper Conquers the Blacksmith Trade~ | · EA | $14.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Quench Forge |
 | Pecker | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Fonteinsoft UG | |
 | Kingdoms And Slaves | $6.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | TGM | |
 | Sorcery Slam | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Earth Shatter Games | |
 | Rough Rivals | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Constantin Roussel | |
 | Grey Cloaks of Aron: The Sleeping Village | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | DullSeasonGames | |
 | Involve | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zhang Huiqin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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