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Should I ship a Romance Co-op game?
Co-op + Romance
Only 3 developers shipped a Romance Co-op game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 7 did: 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.. 25 more are announced, ×13 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 $6.3k against a market of $1.5k. 25 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $9.0k (exactly $8,970) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $12,230) |
| Top 25% | $2.5M (exactly $2,466,078) |
| Top 5% | $51M (exactly $50,541,390) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 46,799 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $9.0k. 25 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×13 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader 2023 · $51M 
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition 2019 · $5.7M 
Fae Farm 2023 · $2.5M 
Divinity: Dragon Commander 2013 · $2.4M 
Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012) 2020 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | older | $49.99 | 33,701 87% | 1.0M | $51M (exactly $50,541,390) | Owlcat Games |
| | Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition | older | $49.99 | 3,794 80% | 114k | $5.7M (exactly $5,689,862) | QLOC, BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. |
| | Fae Farm | older | $29.99 | 2,741 78% | 82k | $2.5M (exactly $2,466,078) | Phoenix Labs |
| | Divinity: Dragon Commander | older | $39.99 | 1,976 73% | 59k | $2.4M (exactly $2,370,607) | Larian Studios |
| | Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012) | older | $29.99 | 2,135 75% | 64k | $1.9M (exactly $1,920,860) | BioWare |
 | Degrees of Separation | older | $19.99 | 1,011 80% | 30k | $606k (exactly $606,297) | Moondrop |
 | Astatos | · EA older | $14.99 | 298 82% | 8.9k | $134k (exactly $134,011) | Studio Klondike Australia |
 | Sex With Friends | $4.99 | 236 94% | 7.1k | $35k (exactly $35,329) | B-Team | |
 | 神社的百合香 ~ Floral Aroma in the Shrine | older | $0.99 | 803 94% | 24k | $24k (exactly $23,849) | 凝冰剑斩 |
 | LiMiT's Escape Room Games | older | $3.99 | 104 66% | 3.1k | $12k (exactly $12,449) | Marco Hirschfeld |
 | School Crisis | $6.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) | Phumi Dev | |
 | Typing Clash | $4.50 | 6 100% | 180 | $810 (exactly $810) | Yong Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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