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Should I ship a Conspiracy Co-op game?
Co-op + Conspiracy
Only 9 developers shipped a Conspiracy Co-op 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, Agent 64: Spies Never Die, 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, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $560k, ×374 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) |
| Top 5% | $560k (exactly $560,260) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $21.64 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 18,101 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + AutomationPoor odds
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
Comparable games
SCP: 5K 2022 · EA · $7.4M 
First Class Trouble 2021 · $1.4M 
Agent 64: Spies Never Die 2026 · $560k 
A Day Out 2024 · $182k 
The Matriarch 2022 · $108k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SCP: 5K | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,334 80% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,396,700) | Affray Interactive |
| | First Class Trouble | older | $14.99 | 3,103 79% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,395,419) | Invisible Walls |
| | Agent 64: Spies Never Die | $21.64 | 863 86% | 26k | $560k (exactly $560,260) | Replicant D6 | |
| | A Day Out | older | $9.99 | 607 76% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,918) | KevTheDev, gamesbychris |
| | The Matriarch | older | $4.99 | 724 75% | 22k | $108k (exactly $108,383) | Chewa |
 | ECO HOLE | older | $9.99 | 223 88% | 6.7k | $67k (exactly $66,833) | AIHASTO |
 | SCP: Descent | older | $6.99 | 105 56% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,018) | Pixel Drip Games |
 | The Backrooms Multiplayer | · EA older | $8.99 | 56 39% | 1.7k | $15k (exactly $15,103) | Untold Backrooms Stories |
 | Just Read The Instructions | · EA older | $9.99 | 37 48% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Knackelibang Productions |
 | Dystopian Pet Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | dinca.team |
 | diffiCULT | · EA | $4.99 | 52 94% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Ouz Games |
 | The Masquerade | $4.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Chewa | |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | Chicken Strike®: Cluck Ops™ | $1.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Bamboléo Games | |
 | John Fox | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | 9Ratones, SergioPoverony | |
 | Ascension: The Immortal Alchemist | · EA | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Violet Flame Studios |
 | Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | IL Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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