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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Auto Battler?
Online Co-Op + Auto Battler
Only 12 developers shipped an Online 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, Vivid World, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $350k, ×237 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 38 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 5% | $354k (exactly $354,423) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 38%, 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
- Auto Battler
- 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, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 705 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 38 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense 2021 · $9.5M 
Vivid World 2025 · $354k 
Corrupted: Dawn of Havoc 2024 · EA · $34k 
CyberTD 2023 · $30k 
Flawed Tactics 2026 · $18k | 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 |
| | Vivid World | $19.99 | 591 88% | 18k | $354k (exactly $354,423) | Asobism.Co.,Ltd | |
| | Corrupted: Dawn of Havoc | · EA older | $14.99 | 75 65% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $33,728) | 36Litters |
| | CyberTD | older | $19.99 | 50 66% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Clockwork Origins |
| | Flawed Tactics | $9.99 | 59 89% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Flawed Games | |
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 | ChanceLot TD: Merge Wars | $14.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | P.D. PLAYGENES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | |
 | BLADE.EXE | $4.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Black Flag Studios | |
 | Little Fighters on Stream | $3.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | TEAM Black Hat Robot | |
 | LazyLegions | $2.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | SteelWindGames | |
 | Fortress Frenzy | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Mythforge Games |
 | 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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