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Should I ship a Split Screen Puzzle Platformer?
Split Screen + Puzzle Platformer
Of 24 developers who shipped a Split Screen Puzzle Platformer 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.. 35 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×582 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 35 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,686) |
| Top 5% | $366k (exactly $365,606) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 78 |
| Announced | 35 |
| 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 35% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen, Puzzle Platformer; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Platformer, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Family Friendly, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 80,033 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Human Fall Flat 2016 · $105M 
Unravel Two 2020 · $4.5M 
Biped 2020 · $4.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | Human Fall Flat | older | $19.99 | 174,835 94% | 5.2M | $105M (exactly $104,848,549) | No Brakes Games |
| | Unravel Two | older | $19.99 | 7,480 78% | 224k | $4.5M (exactly $4,485,756) | Coldwood Interactive |
| | Biped | older | $14.99 | 9,025 85% | 271k | $4.1M (exactly $4,058,542) | NEXT Studios |
 | Biped 2 | $14.99 | 813 71% | 24k | $366k (exactly $365,606) | META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy… (META Publishing, NEXT Studios, PlayJoy Studios) | |
 | WheelMates | $19.99 | 496 75% | 15k | $297k (exactly $297,451) | Firevolt | |
 | Carly and the Reaperman - Escape from the Underworld | older | $19.99 | 204 86% | 6.1k | $122k (exactly $122,339) | Odd Raven Studios |
 | Morkredd | older | $19.99 | 158 71% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Hyper Games |
 | UFO: Unidentified Falling Objects | older | $14.99 | 137 97% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $61,609) | Andrew Morrish |
 | Together in Forgotten Lands | $7.99 | 104 90% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vellichor Games | |
 | Running Fable Petite Party | $13.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,405) | Seashell Studio | |
 | Lost Twins 2 | $14.99 | 46 86% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Playdew | |
 | Lost in Tandem | $14.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Tempete Studio | |
 | Xion Leak | $8.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $9.2k (exactly $9,170) | Gentle Beasts Studio | |
 | Don't Pop The Balloon | $4.99 | 57 98% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Emirhan ÇAT, Bedirhan ÇAT | |
 | Animosity | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Red River Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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