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Should I ship a Space Party Game?
Party Game + Space
Only 18 developers shipped a Space Party 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, Go Ape Ship!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 50 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $89, ×0.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 50 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $89 (exactly $89) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,587) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 50 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 1600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Party Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Physics, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 114 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 50 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + RhythmFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
Among Us 3D: VR 2022 · $734k 
Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity 2023 · $271k 
SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 2023 · $223k 
STARWHAL 2014 · $178k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | Among Us 3D: VR | older | $9.99 | 2,449 75% | 73k | $734k (exactly $733,965) | Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy |
| | Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity | older | $24.99 | 361 78% | 11k | $271k (exactly $270,642) | Fifth Harbour Studios |
| | SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 | older | $49.99 | 149 53% | 4.5k | $223k (exactly $223,455) | KONAMI |
| | STARWHAL | older | $11.99 | 496 92% | 15k | $178k (exactly $178,411) | Breakfall |
 | ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS | older | $6.99 | 316 82% | 9.5k | $66k (exactly $66,265) | Radial Games Corp, Loren Bednar, Dr. Ki… (Radial Games Corp, Loren Bednar, Dr. Kimberly Voll, Lindsay Jorgensen) |
 | Mimicry | older | $4.99 | 248 78% | 7.4k | $37k (exactly $37,126) | Euphoria Games |
 | Turn the Line! | · EA older | $13.99 | 59 79% | 1.8k | $25k (exactly $24,762) | Megatent Inc. |
 | Go Ape Ship! | $9.99 | 42 88% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Sound Games, Lightfox Games | |
 | Flippin Misfits | older | $4.99 | 61 59% | 1.8k | $9.1k (exactly $9,132) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. |
 | Mad Void | $5.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Sentry Games | |
 | Space Chaos | · EA | $7.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Tin Can Studio |
 | Off the Beaten Track | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Blackroot Studios | |
 | Velocide Overdrive | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | NoxRift Games | |
 | SNOTROCKET™ | · EA | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Sunscorched Studios |
 | Mooncall | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kuukkeli Games | |
 | Inkoid | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Spacecowboy | |
 | Sussy Cat | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | cnsmini | |
 | Screen Space | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | SiMan79 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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