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Co-op + Sailing
Only 14 developers shipped a Co-op Sailing 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, Aloft, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $38k, ×25 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $4.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.2M, ×1530 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 40 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) |
|---|---|
| Median | $38k (exactly $38,170) |
| Top 25% | $356k (exactly $356,108) |
| Top 5% | $2.3M (exactly $2,291,833) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $18.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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, Sailing
- Price point
- $18.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 8,172 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.4k. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition 2020 · $386M 
ATLAS 2018 · EA · $33M 
Skull and Bones 2024 · $4.2M 
Aloft 2025 · EA · $2.3M 
Seafarer: The Ship Sim 2025 · EA · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition | older | $39.99 | 322,072 88% | 9.7M | $386M (exactly $386,389,778) | Rare Ltd |
| | ATLAS | · EA older | $29.99 | 37,119 46% | 1.1M | $33M (exactly $33,395,964) | Grapeshot Games, Instinct Games |
| | Skull and Bones | older | $29.99 | 4,650 65% | 140k | $4.2M (exactly $4,183,605) | Ubisoft Singapore |
| | Aloft | · EA | $24.99 | 3,057 82% | 92k | $2.3M (exactly $2,291,833) | Astrolabe Interactive Inc. |
| | Seafarer: The Ship Sim | · EA | $34.99 | 1,921 64% | 58k | $2.0M (exactly $2,016,474) | astragon Development |
 | Ships At Sea | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,479 69% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,858,506) | Misc Games |
 | Voyagers of Nera | · EA | $29.99 | 2,022 83% | 61k | $1.8M (exactly $1,819,193) | Treehouse Games |
 | Windward | older | $9.99 | 2,668 79% | 80k | $800k (exactly $799,600) | Tasharen Entertainment Inc. |
 | Tempest: Pirate Action RPG | older | $14.99 | 1,778 69% | 53k | $800k (exactly $799,567) | HeroCraft |
 | Forgotten Seas | $24.99 | 475 75% | 14k | $356k (exactly $356,108) | Pangea Game Studios | |
 | Windward Horizon | $19.99 | 401 79% | 12k | $240k (exactly $240,480) | Tasharen Entertainment Inc. | |
 | Sailaway III | $15.99 | 158 68% | 4.7k | $76k (exactly $75,793) | Orbcreation BV | |
 | Sailing alone:Aftermath | · EA | $18.99 | 67 68% | 2.0k | $38k (exactly $38,170) | MLStudio |
 | The Pirate: Republic of Nassau | $19.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Home Net Games | |
 | Tidewrack | $9.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | OverLKD Studio | |
 | Calm Horizon | $5.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | 烟熏渔 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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