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Should I ship an Online Co-Op 3D Fighter?
Online Co-Op + 3D Fighter
Of 33 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op 3D Fighter 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.. 58 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $570, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $75. 58 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 55% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $75 (exactly $75) |
|---|---|
| Median | $570 (exactly $570) |
| Top 25% | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) |
| Top 5% | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 113 |
| Announced | 58 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 55% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 35%, 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
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, 3D Fighter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Action, Co-op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 8,481 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $75. 7 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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