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Should I ship a Co-op Campaign Multiple Endings game?
Co-op Campaign + Multiple Endings
Only 12 developers shipped a Co-op Campaign Multiple Endings 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, Worlds of Aria, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 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 $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 95% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,086) |
| Top 5% | $99k (exactly $98,934) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 95% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Multiple Endings
- 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, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 523 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Co-op Campaign with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Puzzle PlatformerPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
As Dusk Falls 2022 · $3.3M 
We Were Here Too 2018 · $2.7M 
Salt and Sacrifice 2023 · $1.0M 
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues 2021 · $250k 
Scathe 2022 · $148k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | As Dusk Falls | older | $29.99 | 3,707 90% | 111k | $3.3M (exactly $3,335,188) | INTERIOR/NIGHT |
| | We Were Here Too | older | $9.99 | 9,005 78% | 270k | $2.7M (exactly $2,698,798) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | Salt and Sacrifice | older | $19.99 | 1,738 62% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,042,279) | Devoured Studios, Ska Studios |
| | Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues | older | $19.99 | 417 84% | 13k | $250k (exactly $250,075) | Flux Games |
| | Scathe | older | $24.99 | 198 56% | 5.9k | $148k (exactly $148,441) | Damage State |
 | Worlds of Aria | $14.99 | 220 90% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | Ludogram | |
 | Baladins | older | $24.99 | 121 81% | 3.6k | $91k (exactly $90,714) | Seed by Seed |
 | Colossus Down | older | $17.99 | 95 86% | 2.9k | $51k (exactly $51,271) | Mango Protocol |
 | Curse of the Sea Rats | older | $9.99 | 104 56% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $31,169) | Petoons Studio |
 | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games | |
 | Psycho Fear | $9.99 | 47 68% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Dark Panda | |
 | B.A.N.K. | $4.49 | 59 98% | 1.8k | $7.9k (exactly $7,947) | TreekSamrix | |
 | Into the M.A.W. | $14.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Moonrise Studios | |
 | Anomaly Living | $6.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | TreekSamrix | |
 | Paddlenoid | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Deadbug Projects | |
 | Baggy Duo | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | MorningMondayGames | |
 | My Toxic Darling | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 1tempobro | |
 | Stacey's Demise - A Prequel to I FORGOT TO TAKE THE CHICKEN OUT OF THE FREEZER | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yomen Tohmaz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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