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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Co-op Campaign 3D Platformer?

Co-op Campaign + 3D Platformer

Of 32 developers who shipped a Co-op Campaign 3D 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.. 53 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $5.9k, ×3.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×930 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 53 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 60% on the market, 53 announced, ×2.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Co-op Campaign + 3D Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 32
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $17k → $1.2k → $6.6k → $5.9k (still earning) → $27k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Co-op Campaign + 3D Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 32
Bottom 30% $748 (exactly $748)
Median $5.9k (exactly $5,872)
Top 25% $35k (exactly $35,073)
Top 5% $1.4M (exactly $1,393,692)
Developers, 2 yr 32
Released games 73
Announced 53
Effort 8 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $9.99

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 up 60% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Co-op Campaign
effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
3D Platformer
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Co-op Campaign, 3D Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Online Co-Op, Adventure
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Family Friendly, Funny
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 96% positive over 84,004 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $750, median $5.9k, 1 in 4 over $35k, 1 in 20 over $1.3M.

3 in 10 developers made under $750. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Open WorldPoor odds17 devs · median $267k · 65 announced
  2. + ZombiesPoor odds12 devs · median $27k · 22 announced
  3. + Psychological HorrorPoor odds18 devs · median $27k · 27 announced
  4. + SurvivalPoor odds18 devs · median $16k · 44 announced
  5. + HorrorPoor odds31 devs · median $14k · 66 announced
  6. + Survival HorrorPoor odds19 devs · median $14k · 39 announced
  7. + ExplorationPoor odds54 devs · median $14k · 153 announced
  8. + Sci-fiPoor odds40 devs · median $13k · 78 announced
  9. + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds26 devs · median $9.0k · 53 announced
  10. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds19 devs · median $6.6k · 29 announced
  11. + PlatformerPoor odds32 devs · median $6.5k · 90 announced
  12. + CraftingPoor odds17 devs · median $6.2k · 34 announced

All 81 pairs on the Co-op Campaign page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

It Takes Two 2021 · $262M Split Fiction 2025 · $118M Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power 2015 · $4.8M LEGO® Voyagers 2025 · $1.4M KeyWe 2021 · $1.4M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
It Takes Two older $39.99 218,492 95% 6.6M $262M (exactly $262,124,852) Hazelight Studios
Split Fiction $49.99 78,378 97% 2.4M $118M (exactly $117,543,487) Hazelight Studios
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power older $21.99 7,301 63% 219k $4.8M (exactly $4,816,470) Frozenbyte
LEGO® Voyagers $24.99 1,859 88% 56k $1.4M (exactly $1,393,692) Light Brick Studio
KeyWe older $24.99 1,804 91% 54k $1.4M (exactly $1,352,459) Stonewheat & Sons
The Break-In $19.99 2,040 87% 61k $1.2M (exactly $1,223,388) jorgen games Ltd, Oliver Josh
PHOGS! older $24.99 1,171 78% 35k $878k (exactly $877,899) Bit Loom Games
LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ $39.99 403 60% 12k $483k (exactly $483,479) Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo
WheelMates $19.99 496 75% 15k $297k (exactly $297,451) Firevolt
Big Hops Together $19.99 453 89% 14k $272k (exactly $271,664) Luckshot Games
RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers $19.99 75 76% 2.3k $45k (exactly $44,978) CITY CONNECTION
All Hands on Deck $12.99 90 71% 2.7k $35k (exactly $35,073) Studio Mantasaur, Wikkl
Soul Chained $6.99 149 71% 4.5k $31k (exactly $31,245) Andrew Nicolaou
ZOMVIRUS $14.99 61 77% 1.8k $27k (exactly $27,432) DMONG Co., Ltd.

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.