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Should I ship a Space Split Screen game?
Split Screen + Space
Only 17 developers shipped a Space 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, Revenge of the Savage Planet, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 26 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper, while revenue is down 95% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $360 (exactly $360) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,559,646) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 26 |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Space
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Arcade
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 3,827 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Automobile SimStrong odds
- + DrivingFair
- + 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
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection 2024 · $7.5M 
LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham 2014 · $4.5M 
STAR WARS™ Battlefront 2020 · $3.1M 
Revenge of the Savage Planet 2025 · $2.6M 
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection | older | $35.01 | 7,125 23% | 214k | $7.5M (exactly $7,483,388) | Aspyr |
| | LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham | older | $19.99 | 7,521 88% | 226k | $4.5M (exactly $4,510,344) | TT Games Ltd |
| | STAR WARS™ Battlefront | older | $19.99 | 5,190 79% | 156k | $3.1M (exactly $3,112,443) | DICE |
| | Revenge of the Savage Planet | $29.99 | 2,845 86% | 85k | $2.6M (exactly $2,559,646) | Raccoon Logic Studios Inc. | |
| | Redout: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,438 84% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,769) | 34BigThings srl |
 | Out of Space | older | $14.99 | 2,003 79% | 60k | $901k (exactly $900,749) | Behold Studios |
 | Space Beast Terror Fright | older | $14.99 | 1,255 91% | 38k | $564k (exactly $564,374) | nornware AB |
 | Together: Moon Escape | $9.99 | 868 90% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,140) | CarlosGameDev | |
 | UFO: Unidentified Falling Objects | older | $14.99 | 137 97% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $61,609) | Andrew Morrish |
 | ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers | older | $14.99 | 106 93% | 3.2k | $48k (exactly $47,668) | Cosmic Picnic |
 | Star Racer | $9.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Whatnot Games | |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | Steinstern: Spacewar | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Chris Baum | |
 | Velocide Overdrive | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | NoxRift Games | |
 | Rattus Velocitas | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Hedgehog Arts | |
 | Space Wackos | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Nelson Peralta | |
 | HOTWING HELLIONS | $3.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $315 (exactly $315) | LOCHNESSLABS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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