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Should I ship a Split Screen Runner?
Split Screen + Runner
Only 9 developers shipped a Split Screen Runner 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, Bober Constructions, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.4k against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.49 |
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 50% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Runner
- 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, Runner
- Price point
- $5.49 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,274 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
FOTONICA 2014 · $292k 
Moto Racer 4 2016 · $154k 
PathBlasters 2024 · $9.0k 
Bober Constructions 2025 · $9.0k 
Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme 2019 · $8.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FOTONICA | older | $14.99 | 649 87% | 19k | $292k (exactly $291,855) | Santa Ragione |
| | Moto Racer 4 | older | $14.99 | 343 60% | 10k | $154k (exactly $154,247) | Artefacts Studio |
| | PathBlasters | older | $11.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Sine Coda |
| | Bober Constructions | $9.99 | 30 70% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Simplicity Games | |
| | Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme | older | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | Onteca Ltd |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | Synthwave Dream '85 | $3.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $5.7k (exactly $5,746) | LoneDev | |
 | 4 Rush Together | $4.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Honglizi | |
 | Run Sausage Run! | older | $4.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | CrazyLabs |
 | Nitro Turtles | $7.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Lucky Turtle | |
 | Tri6: Infinite | older | $7.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Clockwork Origins |
 | RaceWorms | $5.49 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Team Zandt | |
 | Rhythm Racer | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Elusive Byte |
 | Jumping Robo | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | DanDanGames | |
 | Bouncy Escape | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Daniel Sitkiewicz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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