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Should I ship a Split Screen Procedural Generation game?
Split Screen + Procedural Generation
Of 20 developers who shipped a Split Screen Procedural Generation game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×228 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 34 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 40% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Procedural Generation
- 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, Procedural Generation; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 694 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Automobile SimStrong odds
- + DrivingFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + SportsFair
- + RPGFair
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Tooth and Tail 2017 · $1.7M 
Sky Rogue 2017 · $635k 
Space Beast Terror Fright 2022 · $564k 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k 
RICO 2019 · $257k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tooth and Tail | older | $19.99 | 2,887 82% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,731,334) | Pocketwatch Games |
| | Sky Rogue | older | $19.99 | 1,059 92% | 32k | $635k (exactly $635,082) | Fractal Phase |
| | Space Beast Terror Fright | older | $14.99 | 1,255 91% | 38k | $564k (exactly $564,374) | nornware AB |
| | A Robot Named Fight! | older | $12.99 | 796 88% | 24k | $310k (exactly $310,201) | Morningstar Game Studio |
| | RICO | older | $19.99 | 428 61% | 13k | $257k (exactly $256,672) | Ground Shatter |
 | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
 | Endgame: Road To Salvation | · EA older | $11.99 | 156 97% | 4.7k | $56k (exactly $56,113) | Indie/Anon Games |
 | Destropolis | older | $5.99 | 255 89% | 7.7k | $46k (exactly $45,824) | Igrek Games |
 | Radiis | older | $14.99 | 95 90% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Urban Goose Games |
 | Dead End Job | older | $16.99 | 74 71% | 2.2k | $38k (exactly $37,718) | Ant Workshop Ltd |
 | Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection | $24.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $28k (exactly $28,489) | Grimorio of Games | |
 | Hyperspaced | $16.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $14k (exactly $13,762) | Rarebyte | |
 | Animosity | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Red River Studio | |
 | Synthwave Dream '85 | $3.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) | LoneDev | |
 | Spectator 3 | $12.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Neko Machine, Minechan | |
 | Marble Champions | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Luc Versleijen, Neonchimp Games | |
 | Steinstern: Spacewar | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Chris Baum | |
 | AI PAINTER: Painting Simulator | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Magic Cat | |
 | Rhythm Racer | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Elusive Byte |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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