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Split Screen + Tower Defense
Only 8 developers shipped a Split Screen Tower Defense 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, Bonelords, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.9k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $19k, ×31 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,425) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,712) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Tower Defense
- 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, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 11,748 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 10 games are announced against 5 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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Comparable games
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed 2020 · $2.8M 
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ 2017 · $1.3M 
Rock of Ages 2011 · $1.0M 
CastleStorm 2013 · $378k 
Aegis Defenders 2018 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed | older | $24.99 | 3,798 90% | 114k | $2.8M (exactly $2,847,361) | Digital Cybercherries |
| | Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ | older | $14.99 | 2,792 90% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,255,562) | ACE Team |
| | Rock of Ages | older | $9.99 | 3,364 92% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,191) | ACE Team |
| | CastleStorm | older | $9.99 | 1,262 89% | 38k | $378k (exactly $378,221) | Zen Studios |
| | Aegis Defenders | older | $19.99 | 157 77% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $94,153) | GUTS Department |
 | Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire | older | $19.99 | 113 76% | 3.4k | $68k (exactly $67,766) | Digitality Games |
 | Monster Outbreak | older | $14.99 | 79 64% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | GameMunchers |
 | Bonelords | $6.99 | 94 92% | 2.8k | $20k (exactly $19,712) | Z0 Game Studios | |
 | Sons of Ra | older | $14.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Pharaoh Hound Games |
 | Deadstone | older | $7.99 | 52 76% | 1.6k | $12k (exactly $12,464) | Timeslip Softworks |
 | Live Hard, Die Hard | $4.99 | 83 89% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Asobism.Co.,Ltd | |
 | Wild Ice | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Journey Bound Games | |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | TANK ZERO | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Emergency Exit | |
 | Shades Of War | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Raven Knepp | |
 | Call of Toys: Tower Defense | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bakart Games - Rômulo | |
 | Thugz VS Zombies | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | UndaWirrld Arcade |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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