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Should I ship a Split Screen Time Attack game?
Split Screen + Time Attack
Only 6 developers shipped a Split Screen Time Attack 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, Barro F25, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 1 more is announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.0k against a market of $630. 1 game is announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,515) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 1 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Time Attack
- 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, Time Attack
- Price point
- $10.99 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 84% positive over 19,096 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 1 game is announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Trackmania® Turbo 2016 · $1.8M 
TrackMania² Stadium 2013 · $1.6M 
TrackMania² Canyon 2013 · $830k 
Barro 2018 · $487k 
Barro F 2020 · $349k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trackmania® Turbo | older | $39.99 | 1,520 66% | 46k | $1.8M (exactly $1,823,544) | Nadeo |
| | TrackMania² Stadium | older | $9.99 | 5,340 88% | 160k | $1.6M (exactly $1,600,398) | Nadeo |
| | TrackMania² Canyon | older | $19.99 | 1,384 80% | 42k | $830k (exactly $829,985) | Nadeo |
| | Barro | older | $4.99 | 3,253 85% | 98k | $487k (exactly $486,974) | SC Jogos |
| | Barro F | older | $4.99 | 2,329 84% | 70k | $349k (exactly $348,651) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro 2020 | older | $4.99 | 1,932 84% | 58k | $289k (exactly $289,220) | SC Jogos |
 | TrackMania² Valley | older | $19.99 | 403 78% | 12k | $242k (exactly $241,679) | Nadeo |
 | Barro Racing | older | $4.99 | 1,250 83% | 38k | $187k (exactly $187,125) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro 22 | older | $4.99 | 868 89% | 26k | $130k (exactly $129,940) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro GT | older | $4.99 | 817 84% | 25k | $122k (exactly $122,305) | SC Jogos |
 | Barro F25 | $4.99 | 117 86% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | SC Jogos | |
 | Marble Champions | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Luc Versleijen, Neonchimp Games | |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | Smoots Crazy Wave | $10.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | Kaneda Games | |
 | Explosive Track - Crazy Action Arcade Racing | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | UY Studios | |
 | Escape Sequence | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | One Mind Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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