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Should I ship a Split Screen Roguelite?
Split Screen + Roguelite
Only 17 developers shipped a Split Screen Roguelite 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.. 28 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 $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×228 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $267 (exactly $267) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,425) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Roguelite
- 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, Roguelite; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action, Action RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,014 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
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Comparable games
Sky Rogue 2017 · $635k 
Space Beast Terror Fright 2022 · $564k 
A Robot Named Fight! 2017 · $310k 
RICO 2019 · $257k 
Bloody Rally Show 2020 · $149k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | 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 | |
 | TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials | $39.99 | 93 78% | 2.8k | $112k (exactly $111,572) | 3DClouds | |
 | Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire | older | $19.99 | 113 76% | 3.4k | $68k (exactly $67,766) | Digitality Games |
 | Amelia and the Erotic Tentacle Trap Dungeon | · EA | $10.99 | 175 66% | 5.3k | $58k (exactly $57,698) | Studio SilverMoon |
 | ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers | older | $14.99 | 106 93% | 3.2k | $48k (exactly $47,668) | Cosmic Picnic |
 | Bonelords | $6.99 | 94 92% | 2.8k | $20k (exactly $19,712) | Z0 Game Studios | |
 | Live Hard, Die Hard | $4.99 | 83 89% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Asobism.Co.,Ltd | |
 | Idle Inferno | $5.99 | 30 60% | 900 | $5.4k (exactly $5,391) | TUNA TUN | |
 | 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 |
 | Aluna Rift | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Ben Lowther-Saul | |
 | Finding Ivy | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Macaron Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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