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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Co-op Time Attack game?

Co-op + Time Attack

Only 5 developers shipped a Co-op Time Attack 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, SNOW BROS. 2 SPECIAL, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×5.5 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 $3.6k against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 2.4 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 11 announced, ×5.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Co-op + Time Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 5

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Co-op + Time Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 5
Bottom 30% $2.5k (exactly $2,545)
Median $3.6k (exactly $3,596)
Top 25% $5.5k (exactly $5,539)
Top 5% $84k (exactly $83,976)
Developers, 2 yr 5
Released games 25
Announced 11
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $5.99

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 35% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Time Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Co-op, Time Attack
Price point
$5.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $34.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 79% positive over 4,461 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $2.6k, median $3.6k, 1 in 4 over $5.5k, 1 in 20 over $83k.

3 in 10 developers made under $2.6k. 11 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Co-op with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

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  11. + JRPGPoor odds15 devs · median $164k · 19 announced
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All 230 pairs on the Co-op page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Trackmania® Turbo 2016 · $1.8M Barro 2020 2019 · $289k The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors 2023 · $258k SNOW BROS. 2 SPECIAL 2025 · $84k Kabounce 2018 · $76k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Trackmania® Turbo older $39.99 1,520 66% 46k $1.8M (exactly $1,823,544) Nadeo
Barro 2020 older $4.99 1,932 84% 58k $289k (exactly $289,220) SC Jogos
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors older $19.99 430 92% 13k $258k (exactly $257,871) Winning Entertainment Group Inc.
SNOW BROS. 2 SPECIAL $34.99 80 70% 2.4k $84k (exactly $83,976) CRT GAMES
Kabounce older $14.99 168 89% 5.0k $76k (exactly $75,550) Stitch Heads Entertainment
Pang Adventures older $9.99 216 85% 6.5k $65k (exactly $64,735) Dotemu
22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing · EA older $24.99 17 64% 510 $13k (exactly $12,745) GOATi Entertainment
Cubixx HD older $8.99 33 87% 990 $8.9k (exactly $8,900) Laughing Jackal LTD
Narvas older $8.99 28 60% 840 $7.6k (exactly $7,552) Stranga Games, TommahGames
Ticking Together $4.99 37 97% 1.1k $5.5k (exactly $5,539) Furkan Baytak, Furkan Özkaya
Emergency Exit $9.99 12 83% 360 $3.6k (exactly $3,596) Cheeky Cat Games
forever-happy-town $4.99 17 94% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) tjern
No Time to Build $5.99 1 100% 30 $180 (exactly $180) Teqes Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.