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Should I ship a Co-op Auto Battler?
Co-op + Auto Battler
Only 9 developers shipped a Co-op Auto Battler 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, Mechabellum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×1.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $8.0M, ×5360 the market median. Revenue is up 10010% on the market; 32 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 25% | $337k (exactly $337,462) |
| Top 5% | $8.0M (exactly $8,029,843) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 10010% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 33%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op
- effort 7 / 10 · low · co-op on Steam means online sessions and drop-in sync
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 35,952 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense 2021 · $9.5M 
Mechabellum 2024 · $8.0M 
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator 2024 · $2.3M 
Line War 2022 · $807k 
Eslabong 2026 · EA · $484k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense | older | $24.99 | 12,607 86% | 378k | $9.5M (exactly $9,451,468) | AutoAttack Games |
| | Mechabellum | $14.99 | 17,856 84% | 536k | $8.0M (exactly $8,029,843) | Game River | |
| | Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator | older | $44.99 | 1,686 90% | 51k | $2.3M (exactly $2,275,594) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | Line War | older | $24.99 | 1,076 80% | 32k | $807k (exactly $806,677) | Studio Centurion |
| | Eslabong | · EA | $14.99 | 1,077 95% | 32k | $484k (exactly $484,327) | shirowita |
 | Q-UP | $9.99 | 1,126 93% | 34k | $337k (exactly $337,462) | Everybody House Games | |
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 | CyberTD | older | $19.99 | 50 66% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Clockwork Origins |
 | Shadowkin | older | $6.99 | 61 65% | 1.8k | $13k (exactly $12,792) | The Fox Knocks |
 | Wizard Tournament | $6.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Rachop Studios | |
 | ChanceLot TD: Merge Wars | $14.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | P.D. PLAYGENES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | UnfAIr War: Survivors | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | S Ludens DMCC | |
 | Deckaroo | · EA | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | gororong |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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