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Should I ship a Steampunk Co-op game?
Co-op + Steampunk
Only 15 developers shipped a Steampunk 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, Abyssus, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $780, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 30 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 55% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $779 (exactly $779) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,479) |
| Top 5% | $3.8M (exactly $3,758,996) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 30 |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Character Customization, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 7,078 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015 · $28M 
Torchlight II 2012 · $20M 
Torchlight III 2020 · $12M 
Iron Harvest 2020 · $11M 
Volcanoids 2019 · EA · $4.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Assassin's Creed® Syndicate | older | $29.99 | 31,087 80% | 933k | $28M (exactly $27,968,974) | Ubisoft Quebec, in collaboration with U… (Ubisoft Quebec, in collaboration with Ubisoft Annecy, Bucharest, Kiev, Montreal, Montpellier, Shanghai, Singapore, Sofia, Toronto studios) |
| | Torchlight II | older | $19.99 | 33,094 92% | 993k | $20M (exactly $19,846,472) | Runic Games |
| | Torchlight III | older | $39.99 | 10,401 47% | 312k | $12M (exactly $12,478,080) | Echtra Inc. |
| | Iron Harvest | older | $29.99 | 11,682 74% | 350k | $11M (exactly $10,510,295) | KING Art |
| | Volcanoids | · EA older | $19.99 | 7,679 83% | 230k | $4.6M (exactly $4,605,096) | Volcanoid |
 | Abyssus | $24.99 | 5,014 84% | 150k | $3.8M (exactly $3,758,996) | DoubleMoose Games | |
 | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing | older | $14.99 | 7,720 83% | 232k | $3.5M (exactly $3,471,684) | NeocoreGames |
 | Railroader | · EA older | $29.99 | 3,343 96% | 100k | $3.0M (exactly $3,007,697) | Giraffe Lab LLC |
 | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut | older | $44.99 | 1,959 76% | 59k | $2.6M (exactly $2,644,062) | NeocoreGames |
 | Divinity: Dragon Commander | older | $39.99 | 1,976 73% | 59k | $2.4M (exactly $2,370,607) | Larian Studios |
 | Thick As Thieves | $4.99 | 1,106 65% | 33k | $166k (exactly $165,568) | OtherSide Entertainment | |
 | Super Mining Mechs | $4.99 | 841 86% | 25k | $126k (exactly $125,898) | Delayed Victory | |
 | The Last Citadel | $14.99 | 70 85% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,479) | Honest Demon | |
 | Rhyolite | $9.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Long Lost | |
 | Abyss Crew | $9.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | PGM Studio, Deep Slap Studio | |
 | Westfall | · EA | $4.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Metavision Studio |
 | The Great Smog | · EA | $12.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | JFi Games |
 | Keep It Running: Together | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | EvilDraggie, Evil Turtle Productions | |
 | GYROPIA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Farkas Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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