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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Bullet Hell?
Co-op Campaign + Bullet Hell
Only 19 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Bullet Hell 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, Astroloot, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×82 the market median. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $123k (exactly $123,094) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 up 170% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Bullet Hell
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign, Bullet Hell; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, PvE
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,249 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
NeuroVoider 2016 · $206k 
Super Hydorah 2017 · $172k 
Pulling No Punches 2022 · $169k 
Scathe 2022 · $148k 
Astroloot 2025 · EA · $123k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | NeuroVoider | older | $13.99 | 492 77% | 15k | $206k (exactly $206,492) | Flying Oak Games |
| | Super Hydorah | older | $19.99 | 286 85% | 8.6k | $172k (exactly $171,514) | Locomalito, Gryzor87, Abylight |
| | Pulling No Punches | older | $9.99 | 563 95% | 17k | $169k (exactly $168,731) | BrainDead Broccoli |
| | Scathe | older | $24.99 | 198 56% | 5.9k | $148k (exactly $148,441) | Damage State |
| | Astroloot | · EA | $6.99 | 587 92% | 18k | $123k (exactly $123,094) | Andreas Hager Gaming |
 | CounterAttack: Uprising | older | $14.99 | 272 90% | 8.2k | $122k (exactly $122,318) | Relative Games |
 | Truxton Extreme | $24.99 | 93 95% | 2.8k | $70k (exactly $69,722) | Tatsujin | |
 | Broventure: The Wild Co-op | $4.99 | 398 72% | 12k | $60k (exactly $59,581) | Alice Games | |
 | Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax | older | $9.99 | 186 91% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | Dreamloop Games |
 | BlastZone 2 | older | $14.99 | 66 69% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Matt Edzenga |
 | Hatters | · EA | $9.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Moon |
 | Rising Sun - Iron Aces | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Moebius One Games | |
 | Invasion Protocol | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | GoldenGod Games | |
 | Star Gun | $11.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Transfinity Games | |
 | TransmuTowers | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Edenic Era LLC | |
 | Hunt Zombies Together | $0.99 | 69 86% | 2.1k | $2.0k (exactly $2,049) | cnsgames | |
 | Roguevive | $1.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | Chiorco |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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