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Should I ship a Robot Split Screen game?
Split Screen + Robots
Only 12 developers shipped a Robot 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, TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×178 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $71k (exactly $70,536) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,572) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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 8 games average 88% positive over 446 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M 
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024 · $7.5M 
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair 2016 · $4.7M 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k 
Megabyte Punch 2013 · $184k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | older | $59.99 | 157,694 88% | 4.7M | $284M (exactly $283,801,892) | Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | older | $35.01 | 7,125 23% | 214k | $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) | Aspyr |
| | EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair | older | $19.99 | 7,776 95% | 233k | $4.7M (exactly $4,663,267) | SANDLOT |
| | A Robot Named Fight! | older | $12.99 | 796 88% | 24k | $310k (exactly $310,201) | Morningstar Game Studio |
| | Megabyte Punch | older | $14.99 | 409 94% | 12k | $184k (exactly $183,927) | Team Reptile |
 | TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials | $39.99 | 93 78% | 2.8k | $112k (exactly $111,572) | 3DClouds | |
 | Garrison: Archangel | older | $14.99 | 208 82% | 6.2k | $94k (exactly $93,538) | Indigo Entertainment |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Escape From Mandrillia: Local Asymmetric VR+PC | $12.99 | 181 95% | 5.4k | $71k (exactly $70,536) | German Bandera | |
 | 100ft Robot Golf | older | $9.99 | 166 71% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $49,750) | No Goblin |
 | 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 | |
 | Anarchy Road | $5.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Bunker Brothers LLC | |
 | Proxy Project Ouroboros | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ricardo Vindas | |
 | Jumping Robo | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | DanDanGames | |
 | Swap Fire | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Midnight Status | |
 | BumpBot | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | iFFeX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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