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Co-op + On-Rails Shooter
Only 6 developers shipped a Co-op On-Rails 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, THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $16k against a market of $1.5k. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $989 (exactly $989) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $16,189) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,498) |
| Top 5% | $455k (exactly $455,068) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- On-Rails Shooter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op, On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $10.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 9,095 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $990. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SuperheroFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + GamblingFair
- + NinjaFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Word GameLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
Comparable games
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake 2022 · $2.0M 
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 2013 · $1.7M 
Blue Estate The Game 2015 · $590k 
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake 2025 · $455k 
New Retro Arcade: Neon 2016 · $347k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake | older | $24.99 | 2,703 68% | 81k | $2.0M (exactly $2,026,439) | MegaPixel Studio S. A. |
| | The Typing of The Dead: Overkill | older | $19.99 | 2,782 87% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,668,365) | Modern Dream |
| | Blue Estate The Game | older | $12.99 | 1,515 92% | 45k | $590k (exactly $590,396) | HE SAW |
| | THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake | $24.99 | 607 44% | 18k | $455k (exactly $455,068) | MegaPixel Studio S. A. | |
| | New Retro Arcade: Neon | older | $19.99 | 579 78% | 17k | $347k (exactly $347,226) | Digital Cybercherries |
 | Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific | older | $9.99 | 255 78% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | AIx2 Games |
 | Walking Zombie: Shooter | older | $4.99 | 449 75% | 13k | $67k (exactly $67,215) | Alda Games |
 | Miner's Mettle | older | $24.99 | 72 58% | 2.2k | $54k (exactly $53,978) | Singular Scheme |
 | Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition | older | $9.99 | 69 81% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,679) | Lichthund |
 | Dead Containment | · EA older | $9.99 | 64 92% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Grump Dog Games |
 | Beach Invasion 1915-Gallipoli | $7.99 | 73 71% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | AIx2 Games | |
 | Aaero2 | $14.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Mad Fellows | |
 | Air Hares | $8.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $3.8k (exactly $3,776) | Wondoro LLC | |
 | Lock Down | · EA | $10.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | Clinton Hughes |
 | Halloween Candy Reclaim | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Sourcenity |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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