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Co-op Campaign + Female Protagonist
Only 19 developers shipped a Female-Led Co-op Campaign 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, Split Fiction, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.6k, ×4.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $110M, ×78467 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 29 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $539 (exactly $539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $24,284) |
| Top 5% | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op Campaign
- effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Online Co-Op, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 3D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 79,816 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + ZombiesPoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017 · $244M 
Split Fiction 2025 · $118M 
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | older | $44.99 | 180,782 95% | 5.4M | $244M (exactly $244,001,465) | Larian Studios |
| | Split Fiction | $49.99 | 78,378 97% | 2.4M | $118M (exactly $117,543,487) | Hazelight Studios | |
| | 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 |
 | Gears 5 | older | $29.99 | 21,210 72% | 636k | $19M (exactly $19,082,637) | The Coalition |
 | Dungeons 3 | older | $29.99 | 12,648 93% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,379,406) | Realmforge Studios |
 | Trine Enchanted Edition | older | $14.99 | 12,843 95% | 385k | $5.8M (exactly $5,775,497) | Frozenbyte |
 | Operation: Tango | older | $19.99 | 7,167 86% | 215k | $4.3M (exactly $4,298,050) | Clever Plays |
 | Saints Row 2 | older | $9.99 | 12,848 75% | 385k | $3.9M (exactly $3,850,546) | Volition |
 | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | Together in Forgotten Lands | $7.99 | 104 90% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vellichor Games | |
 | Wizzerd Quest 2 | $14.99 | 54 74% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $24,284) | Kondoorsoft | |
 | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas | |
 | Psycho Fear | $9.99 | 47 68% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Dark Panda | |
 | Dad's Coming | $13.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $13k (exactly $13,011) | Cold Lahmen | |
 | Buccaneers Shipshape | $12.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $12k (exactly $12,081) | Merso Entertainment | |
 | Forgotten Fragments | $12.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) | Binary Phoenix |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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