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Should I ship an Online Co-Op 6DOF game?
Online Co-Op + 6DOF
Of 23 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op 6DOF game 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.. 28 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 28 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper, while revenue is down 65% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,019) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,507) |
| Top 5% | $147k (exactly $147,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- 6DOF
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, 6DOF; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Co-op
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, VR
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,199 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Raw Data 2017 · $2.4M 
Aquanox Deep Descent 2020 · $417k 
Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister 2022 · $357k 
OverDrift Festival 2022 · $331k 
Evochron Legacy SE 2016 · $311k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Raw Data | older | $39.99 | 2,036 81% | 61k | $2.4M (exactly $2,442,589) | Survios |
| | Aquanox Deep Descent | older | $29.99 | 463 48% | 14k | $417k (exactly $416,561) | Digital Arrow |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister | older | $19.99 | 596 70% | 18k | $357k (exactly $357,421) | Soul Assembly Ltd |
| | OverDrift Festival | older | $9.99 | 1,103 79% | 33k | $331k (exactly $330,569) | OverDrift Crew |
| | Evochron Legacy SE | older | $24.99 | 415 82% | 12k | $311k (exactly $311,126) | StarWraith 3D Games LLC |
 | Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter | $19.99 | 494 91% | 15k | $296k (exactly $296,252) | TruePlayers | |
 | Guardians Frontline | older | $24.99 | 287 83% | 8.6k | $215k (exactly $215,164) | VirtualAge |
 | Desecrators | $14.99 | 327 96% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | Woodhound | |
 | Virtual Hunter | $24.99 | 173 71% | 5.2k | $130k (exactly $129,698) | Korpi Games Oy | |
 | Cook-Out | older | $19.99 | 169 89% | 5.1k | $101k (exactly $101,349) | Resolution Games |
 | Titan Isles | $24.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $30k (exactly $29,988) | Psytec Games Ltd | |
 | One More Delve | $13.99 | 36 66% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $15,109) | ATVR | |
 | Blood Night | · EA | $1.99 | 109 95% | 3.3k | $6.5k (exactly $6,507) | Team |
 | Another Door: Escape Room | $19.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | SKONEC Entertainment, YOUCANSTAR | |
 | Just Futanari 3 | $24.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $2.2k (exactly $2,249) | AhrpuXR | |
 | Horror Simulator VR | $14.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Suplife Games | |
 | Arvoch Alliance SE | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | StarWraith 3D Games LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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