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Co-op + Quick-Time Events
Of 25 developers who shipped a Co-op Quick-Time Events game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $690, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 44 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper, while revenue is down 45% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $693 (exactly $693) |
| Top 25% | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,653) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 155% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Quick-Time Events
- 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, Quick-Time Events; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Family Friendly, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,058 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M 
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016 · $31M 
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
The Quarry 2022 · $29M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | older | $59.99 | 157,694 88% | 4.7M | $284M (exactly $283,801,892) | Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare | older | $59.99 | 17,489 65% | 525k | $31M (exactly $31,474,953) | Infinity Ward |
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
| | The Quarry | older | $59.99 | 16,127 83% | 484k | $29M (exactly $29,023,762) | Supermassive Games |
 | Beyond: Two Souls | older | $19.99 | 37,154 87% | 1.1M | $22M (exactly $22,281,254) | Quantic Dream |
 | Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition | older | $39.99 | 11,103 64% | 333k | $13M (exactly $13,320,269) | Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software |
 | Assassin’s Creed® Rogue | older | $19.99 | 21,310 86% | 639k | $13M (exactly $12,779,607) | Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Kiev |
 | Ryse: Son of Rome | older | $9.99 | 38,308 87% | 1.1M | $11M (exactly $11,480,908) | Crytek |
 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan | older | $19.99 | 9,244 76% | 277k | $5.5M (exactly $5,543,627) | Supermassive Games |
 | PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC | $29.99 | 694 90% | 21k | $624k (exactly $624,392) | NOW PRODUCTION Co., Ltd. | |
 | Frog Jump | $4.99 | 158 86% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | SlugShot Games | |
 | Monster Meals | $6.99 | 79 98% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | Giant Warrior Studio | |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | 2 Bows 1 Arrow | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | SKL Games | |
 | Mayday Protocol | $7.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Wazang Games | |
 | Keep It Contained | · EA | $5.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Triarch Interactive |
 | Car Guys | $5.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Ruben Alcañiz | |
 | Dr Voss’ Escape Room | $2.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Vexos Games | |
 | Rush Roulette | · EA | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Terralithic |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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