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Should I ship an Online Co-Op 2D Platformer?
Online Co-Op + 2D Platformer
Of 81 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op 2D Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 127 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 127 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 45% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) |
| Top 5% | $87k (exactly $86,956) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 81 |
| Released games | 230 |
| Announced | 127 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, 2D Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Action, Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Funny, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 7,067 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 127 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Online Co-Op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + World War IIPoor odds
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Comparable games
BattleBlock Theater® 2014 · $25M 
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M 
Spelunky 2 2020 · $12M 
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013 · $9.2M 
Trine Enchanted Edition 2009 · $5.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BattleBlock Theater® | older | $14.99 | 55,793 97% | 1.7M | $25M (exactly $25,090,112) | The Behemoth |
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
| | Spelunky 2 | older | $19.99 | 19,736 93% | 592k | $12M (exactly $11,835,679) | Mossmouth, BlitWorks |
| | Trine 2: Complete Story | older | $19.99 | 15,273 95% | 458k | $9.2M (exactly $9,159,218) | Frozenbyte |
| | Trine Enchanted Edition | older | $14.99 | 12,843 95% | 385k | $5.8M (exactly $5,775,497) | Frozenbyte |
 | Super Bunny Man | older | $14.99 | 10,143 85% | 304k | $4.6M (exactly $4,561,307) | Catobyte |
 | Door Kickers: Action Squad | older | $13.99 | 8,778 95% | 263k | $3.7M (exactly $3,684,127) | PixelShard, KillHouse Games |
 | Strike Force Heroes | older | $19.99 | 4,193 79% | 126k | $2.5M (exactly $2,514,542) | Sky9 Games |
 | HUNTDOWN | older | $19.99 | 4,059 94% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,434,182) | Easy Trigger Games |
 | Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy | older | $29.99 | 2,524 89% | 76k | $2.3M (exactly $2,270,843) | Frozenbyte |
 | Ratatan | · EA | $24.99 | 2,449 85% | 73k | $1.8M (exactly $1,836,015) | TVT Co. Ltd., Ratata Arts |
 | Neon Abyss 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,968 68% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,180,210) | Veewo Games |
 | JUMP KING QUEST | $14.99 | 1,202 88% | 36k | $541k (exactly $540,539) | Nexile | |
 | WASD : The Adventure of Tori | $3.99 | 730 83% | 22k | $87k (exactly $87,381) | EVNA Games | |
 | Brave Escape | $19.99 | 145 97% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Hit Start Studios | |
 | Stuck Together | $11.99 | 161 88% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Hugecalf Studios | |
 | Knock'Em Out | $7.99 | 239 85% | 7.2k | $57k (exactly $57,288) | BBear Studio | |
 | River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next | $29.99 | 37 62% | 1.1k | $33k (exactly $33,289) | Arc System Works | |
 | Heave Ho 2 | $9.99 | 105 90% | 3.2k | $31k (exactly $31,468) | Le Cartel Studio | |
 | Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics | $29.99 | 31 54% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | INTENSE |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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