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Should I ship a Military Co-op Campaign game?
Co-op Campaign + Military
Only 11 developers shipped a Military 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, Tank Squad, 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, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×3.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $500k, ×339 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 25% | $325k (exactly $324,620) |
| Top 5% | $508k (exactly $507,946) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 20% more developers than 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.
- Co-op Campaign
- effort 8 / 10 · low · shared campaign state over the network
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Co-op Campaign
- Price point
- $13.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,271 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 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
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Battlefield 3™ 2020 · $20M 
Jagged Alliance 3 2023 · $15M 
From the Depths 2020 · $8.3M 
SCP: 5K 2022 · EA · $7.4M 
RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2015 · $6.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield 3™ | older | $39.99 | 16,378 71% | 491k | $20M (exactly $19,648,687) | DICE |
| | Jagged Alliance 3 | older | $44.99 | 10,882 89% | 326k | $15M (exactly $14,687,435) | Haemimont Games |
| | From the Depths | older | $24.99 | 11,059 89% | 332k | $8.3M (exactly $8,290,932) | Brilliant Skies Ltd. |
| | SCP: 5K | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,334 80% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,396,700) | Affray Interactive |
| | RUNNING WITH RIFLES | older | $14.99 | 14,676 87% | 440k | $6.6M (exactly $6,599,797) | Osumia Games |
 | Sniper Elite V2 Remastered | older | $34.99 | 3,437 78% | 103k | $3.6M (exactly $3,607,819) | Rebellion |
 | Zero Caliber VR | older | $24.99 | 3,771 78% | 113k | $2.8M (exactly $2,827,119) | XREAL Games |
 | War Mongrels | older | $44.99 | 1,826 72% | 55k | $2.5M (exactly $2,464,552) | Destructive Creations |
 | Tank Squad | $19.99 | 847 70% | 25k | $508k (exactly $507,946) | DeGenerals S.A. | |
 | 63 Days | $29.99 | 413 72% | 12k | $372k (exactly $371,576) | Destructive Creations | |
 | Zero Caliber 2 Remastered | $24.99 | 433 79% | 13k | $325k (exactly $324,620) | XREAL Games | |
 | Phantom Squad | $13.99 | 416 80% | 12k | $175k (exactly $174,595) | Ctrl Freak | |
 | Containment Initiative 2 | $14.99 | 89 85% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,023) | Gwyn Games LLC | |
 | Rising Sun - Iron Aces | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Moebius One Games | |
 | Brawl Squad X: Battle Arena | $13.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $4.6k (exactly $4,617) | Army Troop Studios | |
 | Chornobyl Breakout | $0.99 | 45 71% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Dark Duck Games | |
 | Wobble Ops! | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Montee Games | |
 | Tank Brigade | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Dual B Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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