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Split Screen + Shoot 'Em Up
Only 12 developers shipped a Split Screen Shoot 'Em Up 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, Chaos on Wheels, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 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 $450 against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Shoot 'Em Up
- 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, Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 87% positive over 88 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition 2014 · $715k 
Renegade Ops 2011 · $452k 
God's Trigger 2019 · $198k 
Destropolis 2020 · $46k 
Dead End Job 2019 · $38k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,192 74% | 36k | $715k (exactly $714,842) | Tribute Games Inc. |
| | Renegade Ops | older | $15.00 | 1,005 85% | 30k | $452k (exactly $452,250) | Avalanche Studios |
| | God's Trigger | older | $14.99 | 441 72% | 13k | $198k (exactly $198,318) | One More Level |
| | Destropolis | older | $5.99 | 255 89% | 7.7k | $46k (exactly $45,824) | Igrek Games |
| | Dead End Job | older | $16.99 | 74 71% | 2.2k | $38k (exactly $37,718) | Ant Workshop Ltd |
 | BlastZone 2 | older | $14.99 | 66 69% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Matt Edzenga |
 | RESEARCH and DESTROY | older | $19.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Implausible Industries |
 | Tiny Troopers: Global Ops | older | $19.99 | 38 50% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Epiphany Games, Kukouri Mobile Entertai… (Epiphany Games, Kukouri Mobile Entertainment) |
 | Dimension Drive | older | $12.99 | 44 79% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $17,147) | 2Awesome Studio |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Ask An Enemy Studios | |
 | Thumb Tanks | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | thumbcramp | |
 | Steinstern: Spacewar | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Chris Baum | |
 | Aluna Rift | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Ben Lowther-Saul | |
 | Spudtoon - Born To Peel | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | simon Emms | |
 | ARKADIANAX | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | AN Games | |
 | IT Hell | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Thug Rabbit Games |
 | Kismet | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Below Average LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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