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Should I ship a Co-op Boomer Shooter?

Co-op + Boomer Shooter

Only 16 developers shipped a Co-op Boomer Shooter 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, Painkiller, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $6.9k, ×4.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 24 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.6 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 24 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Co-op + Boomer Shooter
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $548k → $101 (still earning) → $26k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Co-op + Boomer Shooter: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $6.9k (exactly $6,893)
Top 25% $560k (exactly $560,260)
Top 5% $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 44
Announced 24
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $6.99

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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 600% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Boomer Shooter
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Co-op, Boomer Shooter
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 14,316 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $6.9k, 1 in 4 over $560k, 1 in 20 over $1.3M.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Co-op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SuperheroFair9 devs · median $11k · 17 announced
  2. + GamblingFair22 devs · median $4.4k · 32 announced
  3. + NinjaFair13 devs · median $4.2k · 13 announced
  4. + TypingLong shot16 devs · median $810 · 13 announced
  5. + Word GameLong shot23 devs · median $267 · 23 announced
  6. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds58 devs · median $515k · 127 announced
  7. + World War IIPoor odds12 devs · median $372k · 23 announced
  8. + AutomationPoor odds48 devs · median $369k · 110 announced
  9. + TransportationPoor odds17 devs · median $369k · 25 announced
  10. + JRPGPoor odds15 devs · median $164k · 19 announced
  11. + Turn-BasedPoor odds12 devs · median $131k · 19 announced
  12. + Extraction ShooterPoor odds25 devs · median $82k · 49 announced

All 230 pairs on the Co-op page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

DOOM 2016 · $93M Serious Sam 4 2020 · $19M Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition 2017 · $9.4M Quake 2007 · $4.2M Serious Sam II 2012 · $3.6M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
DOOM older $19.99 155,340 95% 4.7M $93M (exactly $93,157,398) id Software
Serious Sam 4 older $39.99 15,612 83% 468k $19M (exactly $18,729,716) Croteam
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition older $39.99 7,849 89% 235k $9.4M (exactly $9,416,445) People Can Fly
Quake older $9.99 13,962 96% 419k $4.2M (exactly $4,184,411) id Software, Nightdive Studios, Machine… (id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames)
Serious Sam II older $9.99 11,953 89% 359k $3.6M (exactly $3,582,314) Croteam
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour older $19.99 5,479 85% 164k $3.3M (exactly $3,285,756) Nerve Software, Gearbox Software
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem older $19.99 4,723 92% 142k $2.8M (exactly $2,832,383) Croteam, Timelock Studio
Quake II older $9.99 8,526 95% 256k $2.6M (exactly $2,555,242) id Software, Nightdive Studios, Machine… (id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames)
Painkiller $39.99 1,091 54% 33k $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873) Anshar Studios
FUMES · EA $14.99 2,816 95% 84k $1.3M (exactly $1,266,355) FUMES team
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT $4.99 7,743 97% 232k $1.2M (exactly $1,159,127) Joeveno
Agent 64: Spies Never Die $21.64 863 86% 26k $560k (exactly $560,260) Replicant D6
Moros Protocol $24.99 731 81% 22k $548k (exactly $548,031) Pixel Reign
Serious Sam: Shatterverse $19.99 648 50% 19k $389k (exactly $388,606) Behaviour Interactive Inc.
AFTERBLAST · EA $14.99 223 76% 6.7k $100k (exactly $100,283) Lumino Games
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER BEFORE 4: DEMONS FROM THE PORTAL TO HELL I OPENED ARE STILL IN THE FAVELA AND NOW I HAVE TO SAVE MAMADAS FROM RONALDO $4.99 173 99% 5.2k $26k (exactly $25,898) Joeveno
VEX MAGE $9.99 23 95% 690 $6.9k (exactly $6,893) Nervous Systems
Ghost Battalion $18.99 5 80% 150 $2.8k (exactly $2,848) Weary Road Productions

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.