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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Beat 'em up?
Co-op Campaign + Beat 'em up
Only 19 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Beat 'em up 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, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 33 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper, while revenue is down 85% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,081) |
| Top 5% | $3.7M (exactly $3,727,457) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 down 85% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Beat 'em up; all of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Side Scroller, 2.5D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 4,350 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Streets of Rage 4 2020 · $13M 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge 2022 · $9.7M 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate 2024 · $3.7M 
Superfighters Deluxe 2018 · $933k 
Sir Whoopass™: Immortal Death 2022 · $682k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Streets of Rage 4 | older | $24.99 | 17,293 92% | 519k | $13M (exactly $12,964,562) | Dotemu, Guard Crush, Lizardcube |
| | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge | older | $24.99 | 12,961 94% | 389k | $9.7M (exactly $9,716,862) | Tribute Games Inc. |
| | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate | $29.99 | 4,143 83% | 124k | $3.7M (exactly $3,727,457) | Super Evil Megacorp | |
| | Superfighters Deluxe | older | $9.99 | 3,114 89% | 93k | $933k (exactly $933,266) | MythoLogic Interactive |
| | Sir Whoopass™: Immortal Death | older | $16.99 | 1,338 82% | 40k | $682k (exactly $681,979) | Atomic Elbow |
 | The TakeOver | older | $19.99 | 1,125 83% | 34k | $675k (exactly $674,662) | Pelikan13 |
 | Young Souls | older | $24.99 | 494 84% | 15k | $370k (exactly $370,352) | 1P2P |
 | Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues | older | $19.99 | 417 84% | 13k | $250k (exactly $250,075) | Flux Games |
 | Streets of Fury EX | older | $9.99 | 708 96% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,188) | Guard Crush |
 | Pulling No Punches | older | $9.99 | 563 95% | 17k | $169k (exactly $168,731) | BrainDead Broccoli |
 | RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers | $19.99 | 75 76% | 2.3k | $45k (exactly $44,978) | CITY CONNECTION | |
 | We Could Be Heroes | $14.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | CebCode Games | |
 | Heroes of Mount Dragon | $19.99 | 27 66% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | RuniQ | |
 | Buccaneers Shipshape | $12.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $12k (exactly $12,081) | Merso Entertainment | |
 | Radiant: Guardians of Light | $14.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | CHORRUS GAMES | |
 | Streets of Rageness: Beat 'Em Up Fighter | · EA | $19.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Hard Shark Games |
 | MannaRites Gold | $4.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | DamonWall | |
 | Warriors United | · EA | $5.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Benfau |
 | Seal of Shadows | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Cris Litvin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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