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Should I ship a Split Screen Roguelike?
Split Screen + Roguelike
Only 11 developers shipped a Split Screen Roguelike 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.. 30 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240. 30 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper, while revenue is up 260% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 30 |
| 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 up 260% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Roguelike
- 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, Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action Roguelike, Action, Arcade
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 559 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Barony 2015 · $7.6M 
Space Beast Terror Fright 2022 · $564k 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k 
God's Trigger 2019 · $198k 
Bloody Rally Show 2020 · $149k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
| | 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 |
| | God's Trigger | older | $14.99 | 441 72% | 13k | $198k (exactly $198,318) | One More Level |
| | Bloody Rally Show | older | $19.99 | 248 89% | 7.4k | $149k (exactly $148,726) | Kodo Linija |
 | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
 | Mass Exodus Redux | older | $6.99 | 280 72% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,716) | Altaire |
 | Destropolis | older | $5.99 | 255 89% | 7.7k | $46k (exactly $45,824) | Igrek Games |
 | Vertical Drop Heroes HD | older | $6.99 | 155 75% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,504) | Nerdook Productions |
 | GOOOAL | older | $2.99 | 92 88% | 2.8k | $8.3k (exactly $8,252) | SmoochGM |
 | A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Ask An Enemy Studios | |
 | Dang Darn Island | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Dang Darn Games | |
 | GØRKJES - finger food fighting | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Moritz Petzka, Basuramor | |
 | Highrisers Couch Co-Op | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Solar Powered Games |
 | Questwood | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Lyrical Games | |
 | Dungeon Tracer | $0.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $267 (exactly $267) | ROOT GAMES | |
 | Fated All-In: Casino 5 Queens | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | TEAM OLDBOY_Levi | |
 | Spudtoon - Born To Peel | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | simon Emms | |
 | Moondrills | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | QnQ Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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