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Co-op Campaign + Base Building
Only 14 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Base Building game 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, Abiotic Factor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×7.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $23k against a market of $1.5k. 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) |
|---|---|
| Median | $23k (exactly $22,777) |
| Top 25% | $185k (exactly $185,338) |
| Top 5% | $44M (exactly $44,166,128) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Base Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Base Building; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sandbox, Co-op, Combat
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 44,756 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.9k. 5 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ZombiesPoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Abiotic Factor 2025 · $44M 
The Riftbreaker 2021 · $20M 
Dungeons 3 2017 · $11M 
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 2009 · $3.0M 
Saleblazers 2023 · EA · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Abiotic Factor | $34.99 | 42,075 95% | 1.3M | $44M (exactly $44,166,128) | Deep Field Games | |
| | The Riftbreaker | older | $29.99 | 22,127 90% | 664k | $20M (exactly $19,907,662) | EXOR Studios |
| | Dungeons 3 | older | $29.99 | 12,648 93% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,379,406) | Realmforge Studios |
| | Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 | older | $6.96 | 14,605 85% | 438k | $3.0M (exactly $3,049,524) | EA Los Angeles |
| | Saleblazers | · EA older | $29.99 | 1,974 78% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,008) | AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE |
 | ERA ONE | · EA | $29.99 | 1,575 86% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) | Team Complex LTD |
 | Frozen Flame | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,231 61% | 67k | $1.3M (exactly $1,337,931) | Dreamside Interactive |
 | Godsworn | · EA older | $29.99 | 805 93% | 24k | $724k (exactly $724,258) | Thunderoak Interactive |
 | Beyond Contact | older | $19.99 | 999 71% | 30k | $599k (exactly $599,100) | Playcorp Studios |
 | It's Only Money | $24.99 | 473 78% | 14k | $355k (exactly $354,608) | Usual Suspects Studios | |
 | Industrial Annihilation | · EA | $29.99 | 206 27% | 6.2k | $185k (exactly $185,338) | Galactic Annihilation |
 | Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids | $29.99 | 90 83% | 2.7k | $81k (exactly $80,973) | Snapshot Games Inc. | |
 | Keep Keepers | $17.99 | 135 87% | 4.1k | $73k (exactly $72,860) | Thunderrock Innovations | |
 | Stellarcraft | $9.99 | 76 88% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | DreamStudios, Sandstorm in a Bottle | |
 | Lugal: Bronze Age Survival Game | · EA | $14.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Tea & Cake Games |
 | Tactical Warfare | $9.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mizrab | |
 | Cats go! : Tactical Defense Braw | $4.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | Minimum Studio Corp. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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